Yes that's definitely true. I remember flying from Germany a free years ago and being completely startled by the friendliness of the staff who treated you like

Yes that's definitely true. I remember flying from Germany a free years ago and being completely startled by the friendliness of the staff who treated you like normal people. That's quite amazing since friendlies anywhere else in Germany is far behind the US. Clerks at super market checkout lines often won't even look at you, yet airport staff behaves like normal humans.