FA /crew /pax wrong or right ?
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And I haven't omitted anything that makes your argument less absurd.
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Is all of this true for a RJ too? My impression is that DLConnection carriers at DTW, MSP, etc. supply their own GAs who are not DL employees, so they would not report to a DL supervisor. I'm not sure how many CROs SkyWest would have, nor would I expect them to escalate a situation to ATL.
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Is all of this true for a RJ too? My impression is that DLConnection carriers at DTW, MSP, etc. supply their own GAs who are not DL employees, so they would not report to a DL supervisor. I'm not sure how many CROs SkyWest would have, nor would I expect them to escalate a situation to ATL.
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Not contract workers, but RJ employees, who would work for SkyWest and not DL. I've known GAs at MSP who worked for a DLConnection carrier and not DL. Moreover, I've boarded RJs at DTW in the B/C concourse where the GAs were employed by the DLConnection and not DL. With this setup, each DLConnection carrier would have its own CROs, but an employee of some other carrier would not report to a DL supervisor.
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There are many facts that aren't in the original post that make it impossible to draw any solid conclusions.
- Did the poster and his family have BE tickets?
- Did they realize they had different seats when they boarded or from the monitor at the gate? If they saw it before boarding, did they mention the disability to the GA?
- There's two sides to every story, how did both parties speak to each other?
- What transpired during the conversations?
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While i agree with your statement, there are millions of millennials, and more coming by whatever sobriquet, who have started air travel recently and most love their Snap-Face-Insta-Chat with LOTS of pics....buckle-up! The next post could feature you or i....but dont fret....embarrassment is fleeting.....safe travels!
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He might not be fully quoting you, but the rest of the post has zero bearing. Also you're the one 100% positive they didn't tell an agent despite nothing proving that. You flat out stated that their issue must not have been a non-issue simply cause the FA made it one. Will pointed out the flaw in that logic and so far you've not rebutted that. All you've done is say he didn't post your whole message.
It's quite a leap from where I said most likely to 100% positive.
"Absence of proof is not proof of absence."
-William Cowper
Absence of proof that they did or did not communicate their needs to DELTA PRIOR to commencing any leg of their trip doesn't mean that it did or did not happen.
Your guess is as good as mine. However, using deductive reasoning one can logically assume, based on the course of events as explained by the OP, that most likely this did not happen.
Yes I "Flat out stated that their issue must not have been a non-issue simply cause the FA made it one." There is no flaw in this logic.
Perhaps the double negative confused you. Read carefully: Not a non-issue = issue.
Their issue with seating arrangements became her issue which eventually became everyone's issue and was a big deal and a material burden on all involved.
Not: " The accommodations this passenger needs are ridiculously small and are not a material burden on anyone." as Will said.
As I also said, and was indeed relevant to the conversation, and conveniently left out of the reply was the fact that the whole supposition of what actually happened is based on only half the story.
It fun to debate but at the end of the day it's anybody's guess as to what actually happened and since I have no vested interest in the outcome other than as a curious bystander. I'll leave this discussion here. Good day.
You're arguing that the fact there was a problem is by itself enough to indicate that the passenger is too problematic to travel. You can avoid the hypothetical if you want, we can all read your posts.
And I haven't omitted anything that makes your argument less absurd.
And I haven't omitted anything that makes your argument less absurd.
At the very least confirm your accommodations and needs for special considerations with the airline PRIOR to departure.
I highly recommend reading through the deaf couple thread that I linked as well for additional discussions on essentially the same topic. Good day.
Last edited by KenTarmac; Aug 20, 2019 at 6:47 am Reason: Fix a typo.
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There are many facts that aren't in the original post that make it impossible to draw any solid conclusions.
- Did the poster and his family have BE tickets?
- Did they realize they had different seats when they boarded or from the monitor at the gate? If they saw it before boarding, did they mention the disability to the GA?
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No, I'm arguing in my OP to this thread that PERHAPS alternate means of transportation should be considered.
At the very least confirm your accommodations and needs for special considerations with the airline PRIOR to departure.
I highly recommend reading through the deaf couple thread that I linked as well for additional discussions on essentially the same topic. Good day.
At the very least confirm your accommodations and needs for special considerations with the airline PRIOR to departure.
I highly recommend reading through the deaf couple thread that I linked as well for additional discussions on essentially the same topic. Good day.
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While i agree with your statement, there are millions of millennials, and more coming by whatever sobriquet, who have started air travel recently and most love their Snap-Face-Insta-Chat with LOTS of pics....buckle-up! The next post could feature you or i....but dont fret....embarrassment is fleeting.....safe travels!
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I agree 100% I’ve seen a lot of videos of people kicked off planes and they always swear blind , up ? Down left right on their innocence when that is clearly not the case. Unreasonable and delusional people often find themselves in these situations, and there nothing anyone can say or do to have them take accountability for thier action.
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Time to lock this one up and move on. Thanks for the interesting discussion
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Is there anything about this incident in the media?
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Yes. Right after the thread was locked there was a NBC report that said the pilots and crew were now grounded pending an investigation. It seems that the airline knows something is amiss as you don't just ground a crew and pilots based on allegations.
Link to story: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ey-ve-n1043996
Edit: Thanks to the Mod for re-opening the thread so the new info could be posted.
Link to story: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ey-ve-n1043996
Edit: Thanks to the Mod for re-opening the thread so the new info could be posted.
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Thanks AeRoSpaceman. It is getting interesting. I do not think this thread should be locked now at all. If it is locked then it should be unlocked as the Airline seems to have acknowledged something has happened and the crew has been taken off from flying, at least for now.