PAX complain @ crew line-jumping

[The Drizzle]

Heyas,

To be perfectly fair, I've been in line, in uniform, just pushing my stuff onto the xray belt when some fast food worker barged in line in front of me. And they weren't nice about it. I've also had a FA type push my stuff BACK from the xray without so much as an "excuse me, I'm running late", to which I would have been happy to accommodate them.

Sometimes we do it to ourselves.

Nu

Excellent point, the entitled attitude is everywhere.

 

[Mike man]

I seem to recall an American Airlines pax complain a few years ago about a pilot cutting in line and American Airlines management (I'm sure in a rare move) actually stood up for the pilot and other crew members.

 

[Raoul Duke]

If this spreads, the airlines will be shamed into getting CrewPass. They don't want to spring for a separate entrance for flight crew, and instead want the crews to trample over first class passengers, disabled passengers, elderly passengers, moms with babes in arms.

It is shameful and has got to be very frustrating to be told to get to the airport three hours early, wait in a line to check bags, then wait in another line for security, only to watch a 19-member international crew get off a bus and jump to the front of the line while you may miss your flight.

If 60 Minutes did a story on this there'd be a CrewPass line next week.

It does not bother me in the least to walk in front of passengers - actually I sort of enjoy it.

 

[CFIT]

I seem to recall an American Airlines pax complain a few years ago about a pilot cutting in line and American Airlines management (I'm sure in a rare move) actually stood up for the pilot and other crew members.

That's because it benefits the airline.

As soon as we all go to the back of the line with all the passengers, this will get fixed. But some company minded richard will try to get there on time and nothing will change.

CrewPass will never happen.

 

[chimichanga]

It does not bother me in the least to walk in front of passengers - actually I sort of enjoy it.

Don't try it in the food court, though. They get mighty pissed.

 

[Nixon]

Don't try it in the food court, though. They get mighty pissed.

They get even more pissed when you won't allow them on your airplane afterwords. Or so I hear.

 

[SennaP1]

If I'm getting this straight, some of you feel BAD? about cutting in line. HA!
It's one of the few "privileges" we still have.

I'm always bolting to the front, with an "excuse me" if necessary.

 

[CheapFlyer]

I wonder how they'll feel when their flight departs an hour late because the crew couldn't get to the airplane in time.

Get this. At GoJet airlines they make the report time :45 prior to departure at the gate. This means, every time you see a GoJet crewmember hustling it through the security point they are on REST. They are so scared of being late they will climb over anything and everybody.

 

[Abernathy]

My guess is if it were a uniformed flight crew member who bypassed this whiny d-bag, he wouldn't have been complaining like a little girl.

 

[ERfly]

Don't try it in the food court, though. They get mighty pissed.

I've had the reverse happen. I was standing in line at McDonald's in IAH. I had a Blue Carpet Walker approach me and say, "I'm Elite Access, can I go ahead of you?" I was laughing so hard, I was unable to answer.