As a 777 FO, I always wanted to make the following PA,

"Welcome aboard, blah, blah, blah..........., now sit back, relax and enjoy our Flagship Flight Attendants cumulative 500 years of service experience."

For some reason, they never let me touch the microphone.

Exactly!

Especially on a red eye. I hate guys who ramble on about stuff at 3 am. No one cares.

Free whiskey always gets their attention.:D

BS flag thrown. Nobody gives pas at 0300 unless all hell is about to break loose and they feel compelled to for safety. I don't believe for a second that any CAs or FOs are pointing out anything in the middle of the night. Nobody is that big a tool.

Incorrect.

Plane Coffee

In a previous life I flew with a guy that did exactly this. Grand Canyon, LAS Vegas, continental divide, northern lights, you name it.

AND- at the same outfit the FA’s would leave the cabin lights on full bright the whole red-eye because “it’s too dark and we can’t see the passengers when we are doing service.”

And that airline is wondering why they aren’t making money.

100% dead serious.

Alaska Airlines

Just for clarification, I never said to do this at night. It would irritate everybody to no end when the redeye got to cruising altitude and some tool would say:

"We just reached FL330. I'm going to turn off the seat belt sign so you're free to move about the cabin. However while you're in your seats keep your seat belt fastened...yada yada yada."

Zip it. Everybody's asleep and no one cares.

Yes, at night you have to be more creative. One CA offered a free bottle of champagne to the passenger who made the closest guess at the combined weight of our F/As. Reportedly, he tripped and was run over by a crew van. :D

When investigated, there were three sets of tire tracks. Forward, back up, and forward again, just to make certain.