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Old May 21, 2018, 6:06 pm
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lougord99
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I have been on many late arriving Southwest flights where the FA's made announcements that we should allow connecting passengers off first so they could connect to their flights. I have never seen that actually occur on a Southwest flight. People usually need to just bully their way to the front of the plane, if they are willing to do that. Last week, I went round trip ORD-CLT on AA. Both flights were delayed leaving ( One for weather and the other for mechanical ). On both flights, the FA's asked people to remain in their seats until connecting passenger could deplane and make their connections. On both flights, 3/4 of the plane remained in place while people who needed to got off. I have never considered Southwest passengers different than other airlines - but I do now.
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