left behind because of gate agent

Kingairer said:
With the exception of popeyes . "Hey baby, welcome to popeyes!".
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For some reason this makes me think of attempting to order at Taco Bell in northeast Texas (think practically Louisiana) after growing up in suburban central Minnesota. "I'm not sure if they just asked me to wait a moment, read back my order, or are asking whether I want hot fire or mild sauce"
 
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I was trying to related this information to gate agent(mainline) at DTW, I got the following reply - "I have been a gate agent for 24 years. Nobody told me how to do my job. How long have you been a pilot?" "You are only a FO, you know nothing" :(

Well, I got on the flight eventually. That is the important part
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adreamer said:
I was trying to related this information to gate agent(mainline) at DTW, I got the following reply - "I have been a gate agent for 24 years. Nobody told me how to do my job. How long have you been a pilot?" "You are only a FO, you know nothing" :(

Well, I got on the flight eventually. That is the important part
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Welcome to DTW. The wife and I were flying through Detroit headed to LHR on positive space tickets and were upgraded and wanted to change our seats. The agent at the gate went on a rant about how we were non-revs and shouldn't be so picky and how it was a pain in the rear to change seats once upgraded. Watching him bang away at the computer, the look he gave me when I told him I could show him how to do it with a few point and clicks and less than 10 key strokes could have frozen the sun.

But I guess it's easier to be bitter and cranky than take 2 minutes to learn how to make your job easier. Sadly there are a lot of senior agents that just don't care.
 
Derg said:
The Atlanta airport concession is "Hi pilot, you suck, no discount, that'll be $9 for your sandwich and half-filled soft drink when I get off the phone with my boo".
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I think the correct term is "Bae" not "boo".
 
SurferLucas said:
Southerner's are known for being hospitable, this is a well known/documented fact. Should we all assume that "People from Jersey are trash" because of what we see on the idiot box? Or should we judge you for your own merits?

ATL's workers (by and large) are not indicative of Southerner's. Troll along...troll along
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Umm...yes. Some of the blame for the hair gel styling, backpack wearing, ipod listening pilot epidemic has to go to these dooshes:
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PeanuckleCRJ said:
One of my favorite descriptions of the NW/DL merger was "It's a perfect combination of Southern Ingenuity and Northern Hospitality."

That being said, remember that the most of ATL airport workers are the finest individuals from the ghetto surrounding the airport and not exactly representative of the local population. Heck, look at MSP... there's like 10 black people in the entire state and they all work at the airport. (now they have all quit and are in the movie business after Captain Phillips)

I've yet to run into guys that have had issues with jumpseating (though it does happen)... lately I've routinely had both jumpseats filled. I'm assuming most of the issues are in the C and D concourses like they have been in the past.
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11. Gosh dammit you know they have us deadhead through MSP sometime.
 
C & D were just fine until some big southern legacy jets started to show up.

ABC still giving me my military discount, don't you Navy and Navy-wannabe pilots ruin that for me. Pretty-please?
 
About 20 years ago I got left behind in CVG by a Delta gate agent. I had signed up for the jumpseat but he never called me up for a boarding pass. The guy was extremely apologetic and I got on the next plane to SDF. No hard feelings but it taught me to not be afraid to be a little "aggressive" about making sure they know I'm there at the end of the boarding process. The flip side is just a month ago I was in SEA trying to get on a QX jumpseat to GEG. The back was sold out for the next few flights. I went to the gate and see another guy in uniform was there before me so I just go to customer service and get listed on the next flight out and hope for the best. It's a madhouse at C2L during boarding of the next flight. It gets down to the nitty gritty and I'm watching them get ready to close out the flight. I see the "other" jumpseat dude not paying attention and yapping on his cell phone. I approach the gate and ask about the jumpseat and the agents had overlooked getting someone in the seat. The nice guy got me on. As I was heading for the plane I see the other jumpseat guy still yapping on his phone. I'm thinking I'm much older and maybe wiser than him in the ways of the jumpseat.
 
DE727UPS said:
About 20 years ago I got left behind in CVG by a Delta gate agent. I had signed up for the jumpseat but he never called me up for a boarding pass. The guy was extremely apologetic and I got on the next plane to SDF. No hard feelings but it taught me to not be afraid to be a little "aggressive" about making sure they know I'm there at the end of the boarding process. The flip side is just a month ago I was in SEA trying to get on a QX jumpseat to GEG. The back was sold out for the next few flights. I went to the gate and see another guy in uniform was there before me so I just go to customer service and get listed on the next flight out and hope for the best. It's a madhouse at C2L during boarding of the next flight. It gets down to the nitty gritty and I'm watching them get ready to close out the flight. I see the "other" jumpseat dude not paying attention and yapping on his cell phone. I approach the gate and ask about the jumpseat and the agents had overlooked getting someone in the seat. The nice guy got me on. As I was heading for the plane I see the other jumpseat guy still yapping on his phone. I'm thinking I'm much older and maybe wiser than him in the ways of the jumpseat.
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Isn't that the "Taylor" move?
 
DE727UPS said:
but it taught me to not be afraid to be a little "aggressive" about making sure they know I'm there at the end of the boarding process.
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When I was commuting I would go up to the gate agent ASAP just to let them know that I was non-rev and would be at the gate. I have had them thank me for that since they don't like releasing seats to people that don't show.
 
In ATL, cruise over to Customer service. These folks are usually more than happy to take care of a commuter, as so many folks who flies for big D commute.
 
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