Originally Posted by
CRCJ
I was at the JFK lounge (remote concourse) a couple weeks back. A man who appeared to be an AA exec was in the lounge conducting business two seats from me. How do I know this? He spent almost 90 minutes talking via Skype on his iPad. No headphones. Just using his iPad to conduct his business calls without regard to how disruptive this was to the AA passengers sitting all around him.
AA management/officers above a certain level receive complimentary membership to the AC. I have seen several such folks entering clubs over the years, and they usually are quite discreet about it, concealing their AA employee badges and such as soon as they validate their admission at the front desk.
But that doesn't excuse using Skype without headphones or talking on a speakerphone. That's just bad manners in public, regardless of how sensitive or mundane the conversation might be!