Back to OP story, I'm wondering how OP knew that an off-duty captain was sitting in F.
It's quite possible that I missed some details of the story.
Two points here :
1) Sometimes, I was travelling with deadheading captains (in their EK uniform). They were always in J. But that doesn't mean that it is the corporate rule. Maybe, F were full with paying pax.
2) A very close family member is working in a legacy carrier. While travelling private, she is required to keep low profile so as not to make paying passengers aware that she is only paying 10%. Very careful pax can notice standby pax, but they cannot guess if she is Company or not, and surely not her job position ...
Originally Posted by
enjoyingit
But why do so many people expect upgrades?
Well, either you are always flying F/J and you never sat in a B777 Y seat ; or you are always flying Y, and never sat in F/J seat ... :-) :-) (just joking, no offence intended)