Originally Posted by
COSPILOT
I completely agree.
I also found it odd that 4 people were on the economy standby list, but none made it. For a very short domestic flight I assumed they would make every attempt possible to fill the airplane, but I was wrong.
Standbys could have been no shows, didn't want to split (if one party), or didn't want to take middle seats... Number of reasons why a standby can be left on the list with seats available