Quote from: British Airways
Refreshed air : In the cabin, air is completely replaced every 2 to 3 minutes, passing through HEPA filters.
How nice to read that at least they can do something right, Maybe not the most popular of Airlines right now, But they are doing quite a lot , your inflight meals are delivered box style with all you need in the box , Granted its not a delicious wholesome box , and some might say they could do a lot better . However no alcohol being served which im all in favour of, it's testing enough times anyway without adding drink into the system . And for a short time anyone who was flying in their premium classes was able to use the coveted Concorde Lounge (usually for First Class passengers) but the lounges are reopening. A small thing that always used to irritate me , they have in a chiller open top unit always full with about 25 large bottles of Highland Spring water, and again Joe Public comes along past and while there can be, and l once counted 12 bottles of water that had been opened and a glass full taken out, they will still open another new bottle. And yet in the chiller fridges there are smaller bottles that go relatively unused.
What is always a constant niggle is the boarding, no matter what method is used when you have Joe Blogs who has had more than enough time to get his bits required out for the flight, then decides at his seat he must get them out now and holds everyone back . Some airlines want your cabin bag checked into minimizing holds up onboarding, again a great idea, But as a leisure traveler you have all your travel documents, insurance details and dare i say good old cash in there , and id be very loath to give that up to the mercies of the aircraft hold . Southwest do allow your cabin bag to be gate checked, but then again it's about minimizing handling. Ryanair doesn't want your bags checked into the hold it involves more handling and does promote the carry on baggage. Aberdeen does for the most part board from the front and rear and that does save precious minutes, but then those precious minutes are spent stacking over Heathrow.
Southwest at the moment , and until September are having their middle seat blocked ( A great many airlines are not doing this ) and even with this seat blocking their fares do appear to be still not much more than last year.
Buffets, While these are great for feeding the masses, quickly, i dont think we should dismiss them, a good buffet set up can and does work wonderfully well, but a bad buffet can and does look as though its serving slops.
Caesars Palace, Its still my goto Buffet iv noticed over the years have changed their presentation and now for the most part are serving individual small plated portions to put on your tray, there are still a few dishes that are served with tongs but you have the advantage of a server serving you the portion. It also looks better, and does help portion control, its surprising just how many people out there do need both hands to hold a plate, and when they are finished the tongs are just dumped anywhere. But then Christmas week they are serving about 8k guests a day.
I visited with a local friend one local casino for a buffet brunch, where everything was in big serving containers and each container had its own set of tongs, what surprised me was how efficient it was, everyone knew the score , the line progressed at a very rapid pace and you all were going in the same direction , no hissy fits from the vegetarian or lactose-free brigade asking this and that and before a new food container was empty there was a new one there to replace it. l hate to think how many people were there , what was nice was a little sign at the start "Please take only what you know you will eat, not what you think you will" Start to finish we were in and out in 55 mins.