Originally Posted by
SFO777
Either gate shenanigans or a lazy ORD H17 GA last night as we departed 15/16 with one empty seat, despite 11 pax still on the Upgrade List. GA never came on board to give #1 the empty 4A. Door closes, 4B thinks he's hit the lottery and moves to 4A to enjoy nearly 5 hours of two seats to himself. During push back, a non-rev dead heading captain (in uniform) strolls up from Y and sits in 4B.
Couple of points. Do you know for certain that the pilot was "deadheading?" Deadheading means he was on the clock and pilots are entitled to some priority for upgrades to F seats if they are on the clock.
Do you know for certain that he was non-revving or is it possible that he bought a ticket? Do you know for certain that he was not the #1 on the upgrade list? It's also possible that he was commuting as a non-rev on his way to work or home.
For all we know, the pilot was the next on the list and entitled to that seat. What we do know is that the OP contains numerous assumptions without any confirmation as to whether any of them are justified.
Originally Posted by
sluggoaafa
sorry the next available UPG didn't get their seat, looks like this flight was 25 minutes late departing gate.
When you apologize online for apparent service failures of other AA employees, it weakens your position that your posts are not the views of AA (as you pointed out at length recently). Let AA make the apologies.
