Attention to detail with the premium meals is important
The airline business is a complicated machine, where when one little aspect has a minor hiccup, it can affect thousands of people. What better way to see how complicated an airline is than to take a behind-the-scenes look at their catering operation? Recently, during a trip to Istanbul, Turkey, I was invited by Turkish Airlines to tour their catering arm, which is called Do & Co.
Some of the things I found were quite wonderful and surprising.
A nice Turkish Airlines Airbus A340 up front, lots of other Turkish planes in the background.
The argument for “passengers of size” has been going on for quite some time now. Now Turkish Airlines is looking to add “flight attendants of size” into the mix. 28 flight attendants have been put on unpaid leave to shape up or be reassigned.
Izzet Levi, head of a cabin attendants’ association, and one of those trying to lose weight, told the Haber Turk newspaper he must drop 22 pounds or he will get re-assigned.
This is a tricky situation. With larger passengers, it is easy just to have them purchase a second seat, but flight attendants need to be able to safely get up and down the aisle and help passengers get off the aircraft in case of an emergency.
It is easier with passengers to tell when they have to buy a second seat. If you can’t put your seatbelt on or put down the armrests, there is a good chance you will have to buy the seat next to you, but with flight attendants, it is not as easy.
Source: AOL Travel Image: Baris Karakaya
Who was a sleep at the wheel to make this ad?
Some advertising ideas can look great in concept, but not work out so great in reality. I am guessing the advertising agency didn’t think this one all the way through before designing an airline ad for an escalator.
Why design it so the plane goes into the floor? Why not point the plane up, going into the sky?
UPDATE: Steven with Flying with Fish told me the ad was taken down in two days. The ad agency saw it in concept and didn’t think about the reality of its location. Shelby (aka: @FlyAAway) sent me link of the ad from the other side of the elevator, showing the plane going up. A lot of people say any publicity is good publicity and really I think this probably has gotten Turkish Airlines some good publicity (and it isn’t even bad really).
Source: Flying with Fish via The Flying Pinto
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