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Originally Posted by bocastephen
(Post 36169166)
A nonrev should never be asking someone to switch seats, let alone poach a seat and ask the revenue customer to accommodate them. The offending employee should have their privileges suspended for this. I would be writing this in with as much detail as possible to identify the employee involved. It doesn't matter if they are a pilot in uniform - they have no authority to demand anything, they are not crew on your flight, and I would not defer to any request from a nonrev - or a revenue customer for that matter - that leaves me in a worse seat than I had reserved.
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Appreciate everyone's opinions. Like I said before, I am totally OK switching seats with someone in need. But the way it was handled was a bit strange, if not off-putting. If the pilot decided to switch my seat without asking the flight attendant, the right thing to do - when I requested an aisle seat - is to offer his own aisle seat (3D) and go to the disabled passenger's seat (3F) that he decided to swap with my seat (3A). All of a sudden he wants me to talk to the flight attendant because he doesn't want to give up his seat. Thankfully, the flight attendant did the right thing and asked the pilot to move to 3F and gave me 3D.
After boarding was complete, I swapped my seat (3D) with my spouse who was in 2A. I did not want to sit next to the pilot who rolled his eyes at me for asking an aisle seat. |
Ofcourse I’ll likely switch seats on a domestic flight so people can sit together but ask first. I hate when they just poach the seat and then ask. Deplorable.
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Originally Posted by EBiafore99
(Post 36169650)
Bingo! That's the first thing I thought of as well when reading the story. IMO, the pilot's actions had nothing to do with "kindness". The pilot didn't want the window seat next to the customer in crutches, so he told the customer to take 3A hoping the customer in 3A would just take 3F.
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Originally Posted by javabytes
(Post 36174966)
If I’m on crutches, 3A >>> 3D >>>>> 3F on a 1-2 plane.
I use a cane periodically. But i will not take someone else's seat without asking. |
If someone takes my seat without asking then I automatically say No, unless the alternate seat is a clear improvement. Makes no difference who it is. If I am asked politely before seating, and there is a legitimate reason (crutches, little kid with parent, older couple) then I'll usually be OK.
The A seats are the prime seats on the RJs. Don't mess with them. As noted above, in this case 3D should have offered to move to 3F if he wanted to be helpful. The OP's seat was not his to give away. |
Originally Posted by Jeff767
(Post 36169682)
I am still betting the pilot was a paid customer not a non rev.
Deadheading or paid ticket, then he could have been one of the very first to board. |
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