Long-Gonner
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- Dec 1, 2002
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I have to second Hal, I haven't JS'ed inter-island for awhile. You can't go wrong going to the counter and cover your bases for TSA.
For long gone, as far as having a problem with feeing you weren't treated as nice as you wanted:
1)As HAL said, anyone can have a bad day. Keep in mind you might be upset because that Captain wasn't nice enough to you. Perhaps that Captain just got bad news from home, their child might be in the nurses office, or any other many reasons why. She could have been preoccupied with anything to prevent her from normal courtisies. It's a poor criteria to judge an airlines quality of overall jumpseat service.
2) Generally speaking, and I'm not accusing you, but you get what you give. It is possible you weren't as nice as you think or perhaps you said something innocently enough and she misunderstood it. Point is the situation could be any number of things that don't warrent pointing fingers.
3) If you got a free ride, the correct response is to appreciate it. period.
Easy Capt Dan! Please re-read my post. I didn't say anything about her not "being nice", I said she gave the "cold shoulder". All that means is that usually when you have a jumpseater you try to make them feel a little bit welcome and not like they are burden on the aircraft. Like I said in the original post: "One bad experience out of a dozen great ones, hope no one has to deal with her. Great people other wise!". Which means I've been on Hawaiian inter-island 12 times, and over 90% of the time had a great experience. All I implied was that I hope no one else has to deal with that individual, period. It has nothing to do with your company. Not that it matters, but I always make it a point to be the last one off the plane so that the cockpit door is open to say a final thanks to the crew for the ride home.
You are 100% correct that a free ride is a free ride, and always very appreciated. Don't know what made you think otherwise.......