Originally Posted by
Widgets
3Cforme’s comment above says that isn’t the case for Delta FAs flying on Delta metal. In any case, the GA could’ve easily changed that FA’s listing from JSA to NRSA and assigning the occupied seat before closing out the flight.
This almost never happens. On occasion when checking in well before the flight boards a gate agent may switch it over and assign a seat if they know there will be plenty of seats. Most often the JS moves to an empty seat once the door is closed and is still listed in the paperwork as a JS. This is still allowed. In either scenario they’re still allowed to consume alcohol either way. The process to switch a JS to NRSA has always been a several minute ordeal, in my experience, which is time the gate agent doesn’t have when trying to close out the flight.