I have never been pulled out of a seat either, and have never been stuck in any airport. The most I've had to wait was 3 flights before getting to where I need to go. Always on my own airline, no interline benefits used as of yet. Gotten first to/from Heathrow, Kansai, and Narita.
Of course I've only been in the industry for two years, so I'm sure it'll happen to me at some point.
Never been pulled off in the 40 years I've been flying. I was on a flt once,when the flt attendant asked if "Jim Smith (made up name) would identify himself to flt attendants". She came down and said something to him and then he gathered up all his carry-ons and left, and someone came on and took his seat. Hope I never have to go through that!
Last week I was desperately trying to make it home from SLC and after using an S2 and missing one flight home to CVG I finally by chance of people who were fed up with the delay (2hr) and decided to go Friday, was assigned a seat. 30E. I was sitting after getting fastened in and saying my thanks for making it when the gate agent came up and said I had to take 36E. The gentleman behind her took my seat. Today I wondered if he was higher priority than me or a revenue pax & if that was why he got the aisle and I the middle.? No matter I was happy as heck to be getting home after being stuck in SAN from tuesday night on to thurs. afternoon. And for not having to stay in SLC any longer.
Tchau-
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Macq98:
I was sitting after getting fastened in and saying my thanks for making it when the gate agent came up and said I had to take 36E. The gentleman behind her took my seat. Today I wondered if he was higher priority than me or a revenue pax & if that was why he got the aisle and I the middle.? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If I had to guess, I would say he was a revenue pax, however there is always the chance he was a close personal friend of the gate agent.
BTW, welcome aboard Macq98
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Migflanker - Senior NonRev Correspondent - Los Angeles
Personally, as I work as a gate agent on for AA in CMH, I'd try to avoid pulling non-revs off the plane. Thats why I clear them last if a flight is full, and wait till all revenue pax ar boarded before BP are given out. Unfortunatelly on rare occasion I have had to pull non-revs off the plane...
When it seating asignments, I always try to give the best possible seating to non-revs, however, revenue pax always have priority and the non-revs can get stuck in 32E ir etc... Hey, I've been there myself
Thankfully, I have never been pulled off the plane myself, although it's a little tense everytime till' the door closes and the bridge is off., and you can finally chill out...
Welcome aboard 44K.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 44k
When it seating asignments, I always try to give the best possible seating to non-revs.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I like your style.
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Migflanker - Senior NonRev Correspondent - Los Angeles
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (44k @ Jul 11 2007, 11:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>Personally I am always worried whenever I'm in F...I do the "C'mon lets pushback...we push...C'mon lets Taxi...we taxi...C'mon lets get airborne...we rotate then I can let out some relief and ALWAYS...the passenger next to me goes "First time flying huh?" Haha.Personally, as I work as a gate agent on for AA in CMH, I'd try to avoid pulling non-revs off the plane. Thats why I clear them last if a flight is full, and wait till all revenue pax ar boarded before BP are given out. Unfortunatelly on rare occasion I have had to pull non-revs off the plane...
When it seating asignments, I always try to give the best possible seating to non-revs, however, revenue pax always have priority and the non-revs can get stuck in 32E ir etc... Hey, I've been there myself
Thankfully, I have never been pulled off the plane myself, although it's a little tense everytime till' the door closes and the bridge is off., and you can finally chill out...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Jun 23 2006, 07:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by CSSup:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:
Some of the most amusing stories we have at the airport are when an agent (or Manager) gets stuck on the flight the door closes. I have had it happened to me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
You Coyne,... now I'd like to hear more about that.
Keep'em flying[/b][/quote]
When working the ramp in SLC (before the DL/WA merger) and we only had 5 flights a day, we were already for departure of the flight to ATL when one of the pax in coach couldn't get their seatbelt to work properly. I ran down to WA's mtc. department and got a new belt. Ran back up to the plane and before I walked thru the door, I told the gate agent to remember that I was on board and not to push back. Well, as I was hooking up the new belt, I felt the jerk of the plane being pushed back. I told the crew to tell the pushback crew to stop the plane and drop the rear stairs for me. I wasn't about to go to ATL that day!
BTW, in 33+ years, I was never pulled off.....been upgraded and downgraded to empty seats before but never pulled off.
“Running an airline is like having a baby: fun to conceive, but hell to deliver.” C.E. Woolman
LOL. Well it happened to me again. I was in ATL 2 weeks ago for our new hire F/A graduation class -- major storms that day in the northeast and south Florida so the flights home were all oversold. We finally got on a flight to MLB and set to drive the rest of the way -- after getting settled the gate agent makes an announce that due to the storms in Florida they were adding fuel and pulling off the standby passengers, she pulled off 7 nonrevs. After that my buddies and I made ourway to Hertz and ended up driving the 8 1/2hrs from ATL to PBI.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DeltaFlyer @ Feb 25 2008, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>DeltaFlyer, you're really going to have to learn to hide better.-- after getting settled the gate agent makes an announce that due to the storms in Florida they were adding fuel and pulling off the standby passengers, she pulled off 7 nonrevs.[/b]
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Migflanker - Senior NonRev Correspondent - Los Angeles
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