Originally Posted by cwe84

OOOOhhh. Yes that does p me off. If you listen to the tapes of Betty Ong's conversation with her Sked while it was going on you will know that she wasn't apart of it....

I work for Republic and we request a manifest list. Most F/A's just use it to make sure what seats are filled and where the employees are. I for one make note of every FF on the list and I try to let the *A FF that we appreciate them giving us a try. I also use it to call every prefered by their last name. The gate agents will inform us of VIP's and their special requests. I had Danny Glover on several weeks ago when he was going to Sarasota. he was very nice and boarded with everyone else and then allowed everyone else to get off of the plane and he said hello to all of them. Our company does request that we treat them as normal FF passengers and allow them their space. I ackowledge that they are there and let them be. If they want to be chatty thats fine but most just want to sleep. I know some of the Forbes 500 just from general conversations with them. I try to always be in the A (Forward) position and they tend to stay in the bulk head seats and it is easy to have a conversation from the jumpseat. Some people I just see every week (even though i don't go to the same cities I do say hi to them in the terminal) and some people you just know because of the work they have done.