Originally Posted by
johngalt
Flying DL 745 DTW - SFO this morning. Full 767. With everyone boarded and the door closed, a woman walked to the front of the plane and said that she is supposed to be flying to SAN. Gate is called, bridge returned, door open, and she deplaned, then we shut the door and pushed back.
It seems surprising that the boarding pass scanner wouldn't have caught this, and then that on a full plane someone wasn't assigned to her same seat. Can this really happen?
This happened to me on an AF flight from CDG-MUC last month. They were boarding 2 flights right next to each other at the same time. A lady that was supposed to be going to ATH came over to our line (AFTER BP was scanned in proper lane), proceeded to board, take a seat, etc. No one found out until the FA's did the count and noticed that we were 1 over on our flight. They checked on the adjacent flight and they were 1 under.. and presto, it's solved. Of course, this took 30 minutes and both planes were delayed because of the lady.
Needless to say... amazing as it sounds, it DOES happen. (Also happened to me at Gate 46 A/B at EWR. - I think they have since stopped boarding both at the same time)