Non Revenue pax in CE jump seat on LGW A320
Sep 22, 2018, 4:14 am
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Sep 22, 2018, 4:24 am
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The point that I raised originally - that it's the Captain's call - really makes writing an email to customer service, or trying to "make sure it doesn't happen again", a waste of time and energy.
Most flight crew fly standby when they are commuting, or going on holiday; and when a flight is full and there are no more flights that day and they want to get to their destination - well, they know the deal, and they hope that their fellow staff are kind enough to let them board. So don't expect any change in policy.
Moreover, non rev passengers only use jump seats when no other seats in any cabin are available (hence the OP's inability to move to another seat - because there wasn't any).
Most flight crew fly standby when they are commuting, or going on holiday; and when a flight is full and there are no more flights that day and they want to get to their destination - well, they know the deal, and they hope that their fellow staff are kind enough to let them board. So don't expect any change in policy.
Moreover, non rev passengers only use jump seats when no other seats in any cabin are available (hence the OP's inability to move to another seat - because there wasn't any).
If staff commute and rely on standby and the kindness of colleagues that's a choice that they have to accept may not end well. It's not good commercially for the airline to inconvenience paying passengers because staff didn't make adequate travel arrangements.
Do we know there were no other seats, I thought that was not stated either way.
I don't know the plane type, but can imagine this is similar to the exit seat around row 27 on the 767, where you have the crew member facing you for take off and landing, which is fine, smile, exchange a few words, but you wouldn't really want that for the full journey.
Sep 22, 2018, 5:47 am
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Sep 22, 2018, 8:09 am
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Sep 22, 2018, 12:03 pm
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For those saying BA shouldn’t allow jumpseat travel and to force captains into that... you clearly don’t know pilots, who would raise serious industrial disputes over it, or at the very least, insist on a seat always remaining empty in case their wife/mistress wants to join them. Seriously.
I actually don’t see the problem with it. There’s lots of space, you’d be unlikely to sit looking at them the whole flight (unless they were cute...), and you never know, chatting to them might be good for you, you might learn something.
Oh, and don’t the A321s have similar seats around doors 2 and 3? And in the case of neos, no galley space at all? So get used to it happening even more.......
Sep 22, 2018, 12:32 pm
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Let’s not make another FT mountain out of a molehill.
The CC sit opposite for what? Ten minutes per trip? Come on, that’s not Armageddon!! The serious downside of those seats is the queue for the loo.
But, hey, who am I to spoil a weekend rant thread?
The CC sit opposite for what? Ten minutes per trip? Come on, that’s not Armageddon!! The serious downside of those seats is the queue for the loo.
But, hey, who am I to spoil a weekend rant thread?
Sep 22, 2018, 12:57 pm
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Indeed....however I got the impression from the OP he had the audience with him for the whole flight. Which is okay if in economy but not in CE.
Sep 22, 2018, 3:29 pm
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I have no idea what that has to do with the OP?
Sep 22, 2018, 5:01 pm
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Indeed, the most entertaining ones are when the advice given is to pick up the phone and call BA to book, and yet they still argue endlessly about whether and how to make online booking work.
Sometimes, I wonder how people manage to sit on a train facing strangers across the table. You often have to do this even in first class.
Sep 22, 2018, 6:29 pm
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Have you never noticed how people will spend hours trying to book something online, and then make tortuous posts here seeking advice on whether and how to make online booking work, when in 15-30 minutes they could have been all done and dusted if they'd just picked up the phone and called BA?
Indeed, the most entertaining ones are when the advice given is to pick up the phone and call BA to book, and yet they still argue endlessly about whether and how to make online booking work.
Sometimes, I wonder how people manage to sit on a train facing strangers across the table. You often have to do this even in first class.
Indeed, the most entertaining ones are when the advice given is to pick up the phone and call BA to book, and yet they still argue endlessly about whether and how to make online booking work.
Sometimes, I wonder how people manage to sit on a train facing strangers across the table. You often have to do this even in first class.
I get how some people can be fussy about having personal space, but someone simply facing your direction being an issue.... Not least because I've never seen anyone on a plane just staring at the space directly in front of them for the duration of the flight - I'm sure those people in the jump seats would have been looking away from the OP most of the time and talking/reading/watching something. Nor do I think they were remotely interested in listening in (which surely the row behind you could also do anyway?).