Originally Posted by
piperboy72
What about non-revenue passengers? I was waitlisted today and did not receive a seat. One uniformed pilot was boarded and I assume he was working and that is why he was given priority. After boarding I swear that the GA's identified two open seats "up front" for FA use. Is this common? Flight was 808 HNL>MSP. They were asking for 7 VDB's and the final announced offer was $500 coupons and rebook in FC on NW222 (my ticketed flight 4 hours later).
Perhaps the FAs were prioritized because they had to get back to report to duty? No, it's not common for two seats on NW808, IME, to be reserved for FA use (although it very well could have been that the seats were inoperational). NW808 isn't long enough for pilot rest seats either.