Originally Posted by
mersk862
B6 pilot was likely riding the flight deck jumpseat, which he would have access to (and not a regular seat in the cabin).
That could definitely be a possibility. I don't know what that transaction looks like, but she printed what looked like a normal ticket and gave it to him, and he cleared when the other standby's did.
But what about the other people in front of us? No other BOS flights were cancelled, so it couldn't be IRROP priority.