A SWISS crew took over the first class cabin to enjoy a meal together. Now, on the surface you might think that this sounds like something you’d expect at a US airline, but there’s a bit more to the story…
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That is good to see. Flight crews deserve dignity, respect, and a nice meal together, every now and again. Speaking of Swiss, any word on their new cabins? I recall your post from late-July (a350s later this year, a330s probably next year, all long-haul by 2028). C'mon Lufthansa Group... get it going!
Swiss just got their first A350 delivered with the full new cabin, and from the pics I saw elsewhere it looks 100 times more stylish and better than Lufthansa (even though they’re the same thing).
Cool- they work very hard so I like that the crew was able to sit in the first 2 rows for once.
I would assume that stop was in EZE not in GRU? The food EZE - GRU is very basic for LX First class standards (not the regular menu) so lets hope they still had some of the good stuff loaded in Zürich.
Yeah, from what I can tell, it's just the different color combination (Swiss with red, black, tan, white, vs. Lufthansa with blue, grey, white.) If/when Austrian eventually gets Allegris seats, I'd imagine those will look more like Swiss (or a somewhat similar color combo).
you are spot on about the crew rapport being key....im a 38 year flight attendant and remember working a 747 from dtw to a city in europe as part a special charter for an automobile manufacturer.I was so lucky to have so many fellow crew members on this flight that i always enjoyed working with and the service was professional and lighthearted...so much so that the top level executive at the auto company wrote to my management that in the future they wanted the same crew.To this day it was my greatest trip and i remember the laughs and comraderie....
What a wonderful thing, especially considering that all that food will go to waste after the flight. Swiss food is tremendous, but there remains divisions between their French and Germanic cultures.
What inflation does to the purchasing power... Two grand feeds a dozen guests maybe at Olive Garden nowadays...
My question is about the food prep for the whole crew. Did they take turns in the gallery?
The Cenovis/Maggi line is far more significant than the Cervelas/Luganighetta chasm.
Joking aside, decent bread is harder to find in Romandie, unless you're looking for something for fondue, and forget about polenta outside of Ticino. You can find foie gras sandwiches in Romandie, but if you cross the Sarine with one of them, you're likely to get arrested.
They were probably serving leftovers from the long haul flight's premium cabins. You can see the plating on the shrimp dish there was probably 3-4 plates worth there just slapped on the plate. So they just reheated everything and slapped it all on platters.
Definitely more than the homeopathically dosed portions they usually serve to be the most profitable airline in the LH group...
Leave it to one person, "Barbarella", to pour ice water on a simple gesture of kindness. Usually fly in "steerage", huh?
Good for them for enjoying a meal together and I’m sure the food was no doubt leftover from perhaps the inbound sector in first or even business class, better than sitting next to a lavatory to dine