How You Know Your American Airlines Flight Attendant is Happy to See You

TonyBurr knows,

I flew [Charlotte-Philadelphia] this afternoon. Upon entering the plane the [flight attendant] at the door greeted us with a banana in hand and mouth.

As American tells its flight attendants, ‘first impressions are lasting impressions.’

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Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  1. Its a race to the bottom to find a new low for professionalism. I once boarded a flight as two flight attendants were in the front galley watching youtube videos. Its unfortunate people like this are doing their best to destroy a highly regarded profession. I guess the good news is at least the flight attendant had some breakfast.

  2. It is in fact a race to the bottom.

    At least we know we already hit rock bottom when it comes to the US presidency.

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