Y'all sure whine about your bread and butter customers now dontcha?
I understand. Was just messin' with ya.
Hey, I was agreeing with ya!
Sometimes in life, you get what you put in. People think "the airlines" are one big entity that everyone hates and they can act how they want and they are entitled to help and compensation for anything that wasn't outlined in their itinerary. In reality, airlines employees are just people who work for a cooperation, and that cooperation happens to be an airline who's business is moving people in airplanes from point A to point B. So when you're screaming in my face, you're not screaming in United's face, you're screaming in Chasen's face. And while I have too much integrity to yell back, I could save that last seat on the next flight for the lady standing patiently behind you looking in disbelief as you get red as a tomato pounding my counter cursing my name and end up number 106 on standby. But its cool, dude is screaming in my face and I'm unprofessional for laughing at him in my head and drowning out his irate potty mouth after I've already laid out his options. Those damned airline employees.
Just sayin'.
When he flies Delta, he boards in Zone Negative One. He is the most interesting jumpseater in the world.I had to push through all the group 3 and 4 folks when they called first class boarding today. You'd think they were giving away beer at the boarding door.....c'mon folks there's 16 first class seats on an MD80, no need for 70 people to be crowded around the door....
When he flies Delta, he boards in Zone Negative One. He is the most interesting jumpseater in the world.
Correct....AA and not jumpseatingI don't think he was jumpseating. Lots of people stand in the way!
American is always such a zoo. Priority AAccess™®© and Groups 1-2 (ExecPlat/Plat) are more than half the airplane it seems.Correct....AA and not jumpseating
They're called gate lice.
I don't understand everyone's obsession with bag space. I used to be wary of gate checking my bag when I first started commuting. But then one day they brought an M-88 into LIT and there I was having to find a place for it on the airplane and I had a moment of clarity. I wish I could gate check my bag on every flight. In all the commuting, non reving, and regular flying I've had issues with gate checked bags twice. Both of those were issues created by my "Deadhead crewmember, please leave plane side" tag.
Gate lice. I love it. I'm with you on the gate checking thing though. I love to leave it and then just sit patiently at the other end and be the last guy off instead of trying to stand in a short RJ cabin. Wouldn't you know it when I come walking off there's my bag and I can grab it and keep walking instead of having to join the mile long line down the jetway. Now if I could just get mainline to bring gate checked bags up to the jetway life would be perfect.
Exactly. I used to think it was funny that airlines used the word "Valet" when talking about gate checking. Seemed like they were trying to trick you into thinking they're doing you a favor. But it really is nice.
They're called gate lice.
I don't understand everyone's obsession with bag space. I used to be wary of gate checking my bag when I first started commuting. But then one day they brought an M-88 into LIT and there I was having to find a place for it on the airplane and I had a moment of clarity. I wish I could gate check my bag on every flight. In all the commuting, non reving, and regular flying I've had issues with gate checked bags twice. Both of those were issues created by my "Deadhead crewmember, please leave plane side" tag.
I get up. Mainly because if I have been sitting for 3+ hours I want to stretch.