Now that US Airways is charging for drinks, the airplane cabins are cleaner and the logjam in the aisles is largely gone according to US Airways’ President Scott Kirby. Really?
Speaking at an investment conference in New York, Kirby said logjams in the aisles, significant trash collection, lines at the restroom — all those things are “largely gone” because fewer people are buying drinks.
Kirby also felt that the flight attendants would “riot” if they returned to the old method of free non-alcoholic drinks.
Mike Flores, president of US Airways’ flight attendants’ union, however, took issue with the riot statement. He said Kirby was just saying that to justify the decision to start charging for drinks, adding that the amount of on-board garbage hasn’t been reduced at all.
By making the flight attendants responsible for sales, Flores feels that it would “detract from attendants’ ability to ensure cabin safety” and that this is just the beginning. He feels that they’ll probably ask the flight attendants to sell “everything from pillows and blankets to cellphone chargers.”
This blogger hasn’t flown US Airways lately, so he doesn’t know whether what Kirby says is true. How about you readers out there? Have you noticed any difference?
