Bag lost while jumpseating

[uncle bunky]

I'm a SWA guy and have been commuting on Delta for 5 years. Almost all the Delta guys have been awesome and very accommodating. While checking in with the Capt. most times I have been told "if there's no room in the back stash your bags up front".

Thank you to all the Delta guys who help me get to work/home, I greatly appreciate your hospitality. Commuting is pain in the arse, lets all look out for each other guys!

 

[jonjuan]

I'm here to tell you that it most certainly DID happen yesterday.

Because it's on the internets, so it MUST be true. Lol lol....... "I'm here to tell you...." you don't really talk this way in real life, do you?

 

[flyboyike]

The gate agent throws it out the jetway door into the slide chute where the bags slides down to the bottom and stays because no one tells the rampers and they don't bother to make a final check.

Which is why whenever I have to yellowtag my bag I either bring it down to the cargo bin door myself or personally hand it to a ramp agent.

 

[SBD]

Richards at every airline. From regional to legacy. Most guys will accommodate but you always have that select few that make you wonder if that guy has kids.

 

[nimtz]

In 5 years flying almost exclusively Japanese customers never once hear the FA's panic call to get an agent to check bags. When I non rev there is always an entire bin available. Coming back the the States makes me embarrassed at how terrible our domestic system has become.

 

[SplitBar]

If you are a regular commuter/jumpseater on Delta ask the pilots if they have an extra yellow crew DH tag. I always carry a few spares. Laminate it and it will last for ever.

 

[aa73]

Delta guys get DH crew tags? Sweet!

Do all airlines get these? Because AA pilots do not.

 

[Whine Lover]

Crew Tags are great....Rampers take "special care" of your bags if you do have to check them.

 

[camyz125]

Delta guys get DH crew tags? Sweet!

Do all airlines get these? Because AA pilots do not.

Your brethren at US get blue valet/planeside check tags. Good for first class pax, commuting/dh'ing US/USexpress crew, etc.

 

[b82rez]

If you are a regular commuter/jumpseater on Delta ask the pilots if they have an extra yellow crew DH tag. I always carry a few spares. Laminate it and it will last for ever.

Although DL rampers will leave the bag planeside at times making it necessary to enlist someone to go down to the ramp to get it.

 

[HA25]

nothing, I mean nothing irritates me more than a Captain/pilot who isn't FULLY accommodating to jumpseaters commuting.... this is the height of lack of professionalism in our "profession"; disgraceful.

 

[180ToTheMarker]

nothing, I mean nothing irritates me more than a Captain/pilot who isn't FULLY accommodating to jumpseaters commuting.... this is the height of lack of professionalism in our "profession"; disgraceful.

Agreed. Most of the guys who are that way have always lived in base and never commuted.

 

[thrasher]

I think our policy is still not to carry jumpseaters bags up front. And with over-manning...well you never know. So as lame as it is, I just buy the jumpseaters bag for a dollar, now it's mine. When he comes back for it, which they always seem to do, then i sell it back to him for a dollar. Thats been working for me.

 

[glasspilot1]

Thrasher, that's great solution. Any Chief Pilot worth his salt would accept that with a wink of an eye!

 

[Ty Webb]

Looks like you owe me 100 bucks


Next time your at the bar , use my 100 bucks to treat an AirTran crew to a free meal and drinks .

That should cover it.

SCHWEEEEEEET!!! :beer:

 

[248to2.8]

Update - bag found and on its way to the airport here. Never made it in the cargo bin of the airplane. How does a bag not get from the cabin of the airplane to the cargo bin of the same airplane??

Scary thing I saw the other day on a dhd on Pinnacle. Pulled into the gate, and when the rampers lowered the cart for the plane side checked bags, it was full of bags that had never been loaded on the plane that had left the gate earlier. Amazing! I've walked off just a couple flights when my bag couldn't make it on, and I chalk it up to the commuter clause.

 

[flyboyike]

I think our policy is still not to carry jumpseaters bags up front. And with over-manning...well you never know. So as lame as it is, I just buy the jumpseaters bag for a dollar, now it's mine. When he comes back for it, which they always seem to do, then i sell it back to him for a dollar. Thats been working for me.

I like it.