I appreciate the trouble the transport of personnel and their multiple bags can cause, especially on the Rapidair flights as per the reference above. There isn't enough room to carry those FAs and pilots with their multiple bags, yet they monopolize the very limited bin space. However, my experience with the AB333 is that there is more than enough room for everyone, if some people use common sense. As I was not there I won't comment on the comments of the Rouge employee. However, perhaps there is a possibility that the OP is being overly sensitive? (I am not a young girl and have never watched "gossip girl", so I have no idea of the reference.)
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SparseFlyer
Hopefully the SD will report and tell the FA to fly a kite (or maybe a 763).
Some people need to be a bit more appreciative of their industry discounts. I will always protect staff benefits and think it should continue, but if you're going to use it you should know it's a privilege and you're sitting next to people who have (presumably) paid thousands to sit in the same seat as you.
PS: Cow, I would write in. And if you think one doesn't deserve to be clumped in, then just specify it.
Industry discounts? A privilege? Seriously? And I mean seriously? Where have you been for say, the last 25+ years? It is not a "privilege". The personnel in uniform are usually on the job, either on their way to or way back from an assignment. We all know that they are obliged to carry their bags with them because of their circumstances. The issue is one of logistics and the airline's inability to gate check & deliver their employees bags. AC could, but that would mean having additional baggage personnel on hand to help and that costs money, so AC doesn't do it.
However, what really irks me is this arrogant, self important statement;
the overall sentiment I get from this is that someone who is not paying for a service should be more accommodating for someone who is paying for the service. In this case, the non-rev FA should have simply realigned their bags for Cow
WRONG. In lieu of monetary compensation, Air Canada provides its employees a number of services, discounts and access to transportation rights. It is not a privilege, but is in fact indirect compensation. The employees when they fly have indirectly paid for their ticket by way of their work. Instead of cash, they can have a seat. It is wrong to assume that these people do not "pay". They paid with their pension freeze. They paid with their benefit plan curtailment. And they paid with their salary caps and hostile work environment
during the worst of the layoffs.
In respect to the pax who have paid "thousands", yes, it's frustrating. As such, consider how annoyed I am when I pay $6,000 on my TPAC and some odious Super Elite using coupons to upgrade is given his/her meal choice before me. I paid thousands and Mr. SE paid peanuts or rather his/her employer paid peanuts. The SE has a concierge at his/her beck and call, but even though I paid for J, Air Canada will never EVER share the concierge contact with me or any other non Super Elite. Where do we draw the line on the special treatment of some people?
I certainly understand that some of the personnel sitting in the cabin can be jerks. We have all seen it. However, there isn't much that they can do to "accommodate" if their bags are too big to fit under a seat, or they are obliged to carry their bags with them. Go after Air Canada for its inability to efficiently collect and then deliver gate check bags at the gate. They can barely manage to provide a wheelchair or a child's stroller. However. give the personnel a break when they are sitting in uniform.