Originally Posted by
alex_b
I think something similar almost happened on my MUC-EWR flight the other day. German GA came on board and asked the crew about the empty BF, clearly looking to upgrade somebody. Crew pointed out it was the pilot rest seat, the GA looked confused and wandered off.
Also (according to a GA at EWR when refusing to clear my GPU) additional crew can show up at T-15 and demand space positive seats, so perhaps the GA had jumped the gun on clearing upgrades.
not entirely true. a pilot or flight attendant cant just show up and say put me on the plane. crew scheduling will book them, and then if seats were already given away, the only booking will be in Y, then its up to the gate agent to make any necessary adjustments.