"for those of you not connecting please remain seated so those who are can get off"
May 12, 2017, 12:32 pm
#151
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The most efficient deplaning process would have a steady non-stop stream of people exiting the plane without gaps.
How about an announcement that says, "If you have one bag only (or no bag) in the overhead compartment, please deplane first. If you need to stand up (blocking the aisle), then stretch, pull out your bag and coat, followed by your magazines, knitting, airport purchases, etc., followed by another stretch, please wait until everyone else is off the plane."
How about an announcement that says, "If you have one bag only (or no bag) in the overhead compartment, please deplane first. If you need to stand up (blocking the aisle), then stretch, pull out your bag and coat, followed by your magazines, knitting, airport purchases, etc., followed by another stretch, please wait until everyone else is off the plane."
May 12, 2017, 3:50 pm
#152
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Does anyone else hate this announcement as much as I do? In my experience, it generally causes more problems than it solves... It mainly seems to give ammunition to not-so-frequent flyers to feel justified in pushing and shoving past people who may actually have much shorter connections than they do.
May 12, 2017, 7:33 pm
#153
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So, it can work if people cooperate.
May 12, 2017, 8:26 pm
#154
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A few years back (2008-ish), on a TPA-DEN UA A320, flight attendants announced upon landing that everyone except for one passenger (named) in 9C had to remain seated upon arrival at the gate in DEN to allow 9C off first due to 9C's tight connection. Everyone complied and 9C (this was I) made my connection just in the nick of time. If UA were to handle these situations in this way, I'd comply. But I have experienced several times, when not in a hurry, recognizing fellow passengers at the connecting gate from the inbound flight who had been in a panic and very verbal and insistent about getting off the aircraft as they said they had a tight connection. My impression was they were inexperienced travelers but maybe they were just bold. I've now grown callous to these situations because they're so carelessly handled by both UA and passenger and I don't want to be inconvenienced by it.
May 12, 2017, 8:37 pm
#155
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We got the most ridiculous "for those not connecting please remain seated..." on a LAX-DEN flight last month.
Funny part was we pulled into the gate 10 minutes ahead of schedule.
Fortunately, not a single person in First bought that line and no one remained seated.
May 12, 2017, 8:51 pm
#156
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Does anyone else hate this announcement as much as I do? In my experience, it generally causes more problems than it solves... It mainly seems to give ammunition to not-so-frequent flyers to feel justified in pushing and shoving past people who may actually have much shorter connections than they do.
In all the years I've been flying I've heard flight attendants make the announcement hundreds of times asking for people who are not connecting to stay seated and let those who are making connections off first. You know how many times I've seen passengers actually cooperate and let others off first? Not once. There is literally nothing FAs can do to make people do this in a realistic way. And frankly, the idea of pax in the aisle/window getting up and letting the one in the window seat out, and then sitting back down...completely illogical. It'd be more efficient for them to just get up and get off, as there simply isn't enough room to maneuver. Which is why the best thing for everyone to do is to just get up and go in a quick and orderly fashion, instead of yelling at each other about who's time is more important than the other's.
A few months back the FA made the same announcement on a UAX flight I was on, despite the plane arriving 10 min early. Some lady started yelling at people for not letting her off first, saying her flight was leaving in 15 min. All I could think was how she could possibly have a connection booked that left 5 min after our scheduled arrival. Maybe her flight was going to start boarding in 15 min, but certainly it wasn't leaving in 15 min (unless on a separate ticket, but still). Case in point though, people just don't care about anyone but themselves when traveling.
A few months back the FA made the same announcement on a UAX flight I was on, despite the plane arriving 10 min early. Some lady started yelling at people for not letting her off first, saying her flight was leaving in 15 min. All I could think was how she could possibly have a connection booked that left 5 min after our scheduled arrival. Maybe her flight was going to start boarding in 15 min, but certainly it wasn't leaving in 15 min (unless on a separate ticket, but still). Case in point though, people just don't care about anyone but themselves when traveling.
May 12, 2017, 9:45 pm
#158
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May 12, 2017, 10:30 pm
#159
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Yesterday MRY-LAX was two hours late for the throtttle down on arrivals at LAX. We knew this at check in. The agents at MRY were rebooking the people with connections.
When we got to LAX they made this announcement. But, I'm sorry your connection was either blown or taken care of because at 9:30am for the 9:50 flight we knew our new departure time was 11:56.
Anyways in row 2 my Mom and I had our purse & tote, respectively in our laps.
A couple in row 4 made a comment about their connection. I let them go by and then I jumped up and we got off the plane. That couple in row 4 was then sitting in the jetway waiting for a gate check bag....and later at baggage claim.
May 12, 2017, 11:33 pm
#162
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May 13, 2017, 7:41 am
#163
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If I'm paying for first, no way am I not getting off that plane. Even Dr Dao style, I'm getting off. " maybe I have a tight connection also" Haha
May 13, 2017, 8:55 am
#164
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The only time I've seen this work was when an FA made the announcement while we were taxiing and had the people who had a tight connection (I think that they were all on the same flight) raise their hands. Everybody looked around and saw who the people with raised hands were and when the seatbelt light went off, those people were allowed to get off the plane first. The generic "if you are not connecting...." message never seems to work.
May 13, 2017, 10:41 am
#165
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The problem... everyone only cares about themselves first. Till people give a little don't blame United it starts with the passengers and their cultural and value system then anything United can hope to control.
As an example during the recent United outrage treatment of a passenger, did any one bother to standup and help or protest, nope but we got a video!
As an example during the recent United outrage treatment of a passenger, did any one bother to standup and help or protest, nope but we got a video!