Empty Seats in F?
Jul 21, 2019, 8:45 pm
#376
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had I been less distracted leaving home at 0730 I would have remembered to grab my soft laptop case that has a yellow FlyerTalk luggage tag attached
Jul 24, 2019, 10:44 pm
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TH was next on flight for UG from SFO tonight. Someone in F got off plane and no one could be bothered to process the next in line’s UG. I think she’ll alaska listens them a new one. I’ve had FAs be empowered enough to pull the next person on list up to the empty seat because the GA is too overwhelmed or lazy to process the UG. Today, this was not the case.
Jul 25, 2019, 12:25 am
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TH was next on flight for UG from SFO tonight. Someone in F got off plane and no one could be bothered to process the next in line’s UG. I think she’ll alaska listens them a new one. I’ve had FAs be empowered enough to pull the next person on list up to the empty seat because the GA is too overwhelmed or lazy to process the UG. Today, this was not the case.
Jul 25, 2019, 1:35 am
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TH was next on flight for UG from SFO tonight. Someone in F got off plane and no one could be bothered to process the next in line’s UG. I think she’ll alaska listens them a new one. I’ve had FAs be empowered enough to pull the next person on list up to the empty seat because the GA is too overwhelmed or lazy to process the UG. Today, this was not the case.
Jul 25, 2019, 11:11 am
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Jul 25, 2019, 11:11 am
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Jul 25, 2019, 12:43 pm
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AS627 JFK-SFO yesterday. 1 empty seat in F. several people that were 'awaiting seats' on the app got put into F. as of 2 hours before the flight, there were 10 empty seats in F. some fortunate people yesterday morning.
Jul 25, 2019, 1:04 pm
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Likely non-revs - have been on a late night SAN-SEA where I was the only one upgraded, along w/ about 10 FAs from the standby list.
Jul 25, 2019, 1:20 pm
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I would like AS Flyer to comment on this. It is my understanding that non-revs will never be in first UNLESS all other sources are exhausted (status, paid upgrades, etc.). This excludes pilots who are dead heading greater than five hours (or maybe 4). I have numerous AS pilot friends who non-rev that are stuck in the back while I am enjoying my Titos up front on an upgrade.
Jul 25, 2019, 4:12 pm
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I would like AS Flyer to comment on this. It is my understanding that non-revs will never be in first UNLESS all other sources are exhausted (status, paid upgrades, etc.). This excludes pilots who are dead heading greater than five hours (or maybe 4). I have numerous AS pilot friends who non-rev that are stuck in the back while I am enjoying my Titos up front on an upgrade.
Jul 26, 2019, 1:11 am
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Jul 26, 2019, 8:28 am
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No one is suggesting any such a thing. Your post directed at the employee was in response to a post that was responding to another post about an empty F cabin that still went out with 1 seat open, but was almost filled by likely non-revs close to departure. If there had been anyone with status, they would've cleared first, but being that it was a late night flight without demand, there was not.
Jul 26, 2019, 8:31 am
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Jul 26, 2019, 9:04 am
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A few months ago on a Horizon E175 I was #1 and a coworker was #2 on the UG list for two open FC seats. I got the UG but my coworker did not. It went to a Horizon Pilot, so we chatted a bit about that among other things. He indicated that it is in his contract that he gets to fly in first. Two other people (FAs he said) said hi as they walked past us to the back. I don't recall if he was dead heading or not, but thought it interesting that it was in his contract to take a FC seat