Originally Posted by
fly747first
In this case, I doubt the employee thought the seat would remain empty... every single MIA MCO flight was completely sold out yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised that AA changed the equipment to an old 763 at the last minute due to overbooking on this flight and the next two flights after (which AA was no longer selling since these were full), hence it made more sense for AA to operate an old 763 with greater capacity.
But that is my point - they were probably shocked to see your seat remain unoccupied, and made a premature decision to move. In no way am I condoning what they did, just to try to imagine what may happened in the front cabin before your arrival.
Not sure what training or IT functions AA would hold in Orlando when this isn't a hub for AA.
No, but Miami is. They could have been going up to MCO to fix or install upgraded equipment, support a trade show, those types of functions.