No....someone drank
18 cups of coffee all by themselves and didn't have to go the bathroom once. What a bladder.
😀 BTW, If PITBull reads this, I met your twin sister today. Full of fire and looks like you too....
Yes we did tell stories and lies and whatnot and I had a wonderful time for almost three hours. I met two wonderful people who enjoy what they do/did and hope to stay in touch with them. To keep this in the US forum let me offer a mini trip report on the west US.....
It had been a good ten years since I had flown through PHX terminal 4. I was very impressed by the remodel job between the 4 concourses. Cleared all those folks standing around rather quickly and headed to the gate. The A concourse was looking a little worn especially around the gate areas. Not bad as PHL but not as well taken care as CLT.
I sat and watched all the planes come and go and for the first time seeing all the new paint jobs on the birds reminded me of how important keeping the US name was. But then at the same time realizing that it must also be hard for the HP employees to not see their names on the birds.
Watch several gates load and the gate agents were very helpful, courteous and basically looking like they were enjoying there jobs. This was good to see.
Boarded a 319 on time and was offered a predeparture drink. I thought the west did not do that.... Had a great A F/A who you could tell also enjoyed her job. She was personable and greeted warmly all who boarded. The layout on this bird was the two small walls separating the galley. Took me a while to get used to it. No coat closet either, but did have hangers for coats. I still think that is crazy btw, but I'm guessing that is not going to change.
We were told we were going to wait for 12 pax connecting from Cabo, but after about ten minutes we shut the door and off we went. Once in the air the crew continued to offer great service and I became hooked quickly on the chocolate biscoffs. Those alone could bring me back to US.
Plane was clean but very well worn. Seat sat like a park bench and I was glad it was only an hour flight. There was no pen art on the seats to enjoy. We landed in LAS about 15 minutes early and bags showed up quickly. I chuckled at the safety video and all the HP footage and signage in it.
All in all I was very impressed. After reading some of the posts here I was not expecting the great service and employees.
So for those of you on the west I tip my hat to you.....
I guess I should mention that I only wore my KDMD button for identification so we could meet up. I figured, correctly btw, that I would be the only person in T-4 wearing one of those big red buttons. This merger is not a fight between the employees (or customers)and I had no desire to rub it in any ones face. Now had I had the chance to see doogie.....
I did run into a T/A on break reading the DL ALPA ad in USA Today and we talked for awhile about the merger. It was interesting to get the perspective from a 20+ year employee.
So to PhxMama and hp_fa, the pleasure was all mine. Till next time......
