News and notes from around the interweb:
- Elon Musk’s NetJets preferences requests for cabin crew while flying on their jets.
He wants the fastest, most direct routing – don’t conserve fuel. Don’t offer help with technology. Keep cabin temperature to 65 degrees with lights dim and vents off – he “does not like the noise.” He may nap, and he’ll be unhappy with wifi outages (me too, btw).
- Air France onboards chef Daniel Boulud for business and first class meals on U.S. departures. This starts from July out of New York-JFK, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and Washington-DC and extends to the rest of their U.S. cities by end of year. They’re also adding mattress pads in business, and they’re already arguably the premium carrier over the Atlantic.
- How to make pour-over coffee stronger according to science.
- Will you go?
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- Marriott’s Android app update reduces the number of rates you can search at once from 5 to 3. Marriott keeps reducing functionality for customers.
- 29 former student pilots sue United’s training academy for making big promises they never delivered on
Re: Marriott – but of course, smh. (PS on the topic, Hilton — please get your iOS 18 widget up and running soon!)
Unrelated but @Gary, for the memes, I read that IAD now has its own Ben’s Chili so DC passengers can get their fill, whichever airport they fly from!
On Elon’s private jet preferences, yawn.
On Air France adding mattress pads and Boulud-inspired dining from NYC, that’s excellent. I just took advantage of some recent Flying Blue redemptions with AF/KLM, so I’m excited to try it again. And for KL, I can’t wait for more Delft Blue houses. The ‘village’ grows!
On the United pilot students, I can’t tell for sure, but I’m glad they’re trying for their day in court; corporations promise the world, then back track a lot, so while it’s an uphill battle for them, I wish these students the best. And we do need more pilots, too, so c’mon, United, support the newbies better!
Who cares about Musk. Idiot. A rich miserable unhappy dummy.
Judging by Musk’s inability to play games he claims to be a master at, he does need help with tech
Outstation catering standards have been an enduring criticism of Air France La Premiere, so getting Boulud on-board will definitely be an improvement.