Moderators: richierich, ua900, PanAm_DC10, hOMSaR
jbflyguy84 wrote:I'm good thanks...
masgniw wrote:jbflyguy84 wrote:I'm good thanks...
You seem fun!
OP -- can you prove your employment as a groomer? It'd be nice to throw a few questions your way once you verify who you are.
dc9northwest wrote:What's the most disgusting thing you saw?
angusjt wrote:What are the most valuable items you (or your co-workers) have ever found left aboard a flight?
TheFlyingDisk wrote:How tiresome is the cleaning up process?
travelnstuff wrote:angusjt wrote:What are the most valuable items you (or your co-workers) have ever found left aboard a flight?
On every AA flight someone would be guaranteed to find at least one of the following; Ipad, Iphone, Samsung Galaxy, Wallet/purse, House/Car Keys, Money (which was often found loose in lockers.) and Passports, on one flight I found a British Diplomatic passport and that aircraft was at LHR overnight.
It was also somewhat common to find unopened bottles of Whiskey from duty free in the lockers.But one of my favourites has to be suitcases/backpacks/messenger bags at least once a week you'll come across a piece of luggage which has been left behind.
travelnstuff wrote:If it's a widebody, then it's extremely tiring if it's a quick turn around, we were often required to finish an AA 777-300ER within 25 minutes (even though when you start they say it's 40 minutes for a 773, 35 for a 772, 30 for A330, 25 for 767.) which is difficult to finish especially when we're required to lift/take off the seat/back cushions as they are velcrod? to the seat to see if there are any suspicious items there, and we have to check the lifejacket compartment to see if it's still sealed. With the Galleys you have to search everywhere in all the nooks and crannies same with the toilets, it also doesn't help that on around 6 AA flights each day they place 'test piece' items to see if we're doing our job correctly, though they do test the team leaders more than the other staff.
It's was usually impossible to do our jobs correctly on a quick turnaround with only 12 people.
AtomicGarden wrote:travelnstuff wrote:angusjt wrote:What are the most valuable items you (or your co-workers) have ever found left aboard a flight?
On every AA flight someone would be guaranteed to find at least one of the following; Ipad, Iphone, Samsung Galaxy, Wallet/purse, House/Car Keys, Money (which was often found loose in lockers.) and Passports, on one flight I found a British Diplomatic passport and that aircraft was at LHR overnight.
It was also somewhat common to find unopened bottles of Whiskey from duty free in the lockers.But one of my favourites has to be suitcases/backpacks/messenger bags at least once a week you'll come across a piece of luggage which has been left behind.
What did you guys do with those items? not accusing you of being dishonest. But some items might be difficult to return to the owners (like whisky bottles).
TheFlyingDisk wrote:travelnstuff wrote:If it's a widebody, then it's extremely tiring if it's a quick turn around, we were often required to finish an AA 777-300ER within 25 minutes (even though when you start they say it's 40 minutes for a 773, 35 for a 772, 30 for A330, 25 for 767.) which is difficult to finish especially when we're required to lift/take off the seat/back cushions as they are velcrod? to the seat to see if there are any suspicious items there, and we have to check the lifejacket compartment to see if it's still sealed. With the Galleys you have to search everywhere in all the nooks and crannies same with the toilets, it also doesn't help that on around 6 AA flights each day they place 'test piece' items to see if we're doing our job correctly, though they do test the team leaders more than the other staff.
It's was usually impossible to do our jobs correctly on a quick turnaround with only 12 people.
Interesting. Puts the complaints from passengers about how cabins aren't properly cleaned into perspective.
travelnstuff wrote:
But only the American based airlines seems to have this strict procedure or searching everywhere, every other airline you just clean that's it yet the crews on other airlines complain about not having enough time despite having more time (and less work) than teams who need to clean AA, DL.
VS however are random, only a few flights a day do you have to lift the middle seat cushion in the middle row, why? god bloody knows!
FlyHappy wrote:travelnstuff wrote:
But only the American based airlines seems to have this strict procedure or searching everywhere, every other airline you just clean that's it yet the crews on other airlines complain about not having enough time despite having more time (and less work) than teams who need to clean AA, DL.
VS however are random, only a few flights a day do you have to lift the middle seat cushion in the middle row, why? god bloody knows!
I would guess the act of searching and the separate security team relates to post 9/11 (or 11/9) policies. One wonders what El Al procedures call for !