Flight Attendants!

[Travelpro72]

While I'll say thanks for the "cute" remark I'm NOT an angry flight attendant nor would ANYONE who knows who I am agree with that. I never said ANYTHING about getting paid. It simply comes down to the fact that since the "who cares SHARES" cutover there have been dupe seats and seperation of seats in parties since. It doesn't happen on many flights and can be done. There are those flights though where you have seat problems ALL OVER the a/c. NO, I'm NOT going to fix it. When I have to call the captain more than twice for a dupe you bet the agent will be fixing the mess. Basically agents shouldn't send folks down the jetway to the a/c with seating issues. Take care of it in the terminal and the boarding and door closing will go MUCH smoother.

 

[Itestwell]

While I'll say thanks for the "cute" remark

You're welcome.

 

[SKY HIGH]

NO, I'm NOT going to fix it. When I have to call the captain more than twice for a dupe you bet the agent will be fixing the mess. Basically agents shouldn't send folks down the jetway to the a/c with seating issues. Take care of it in the terminal and the boarding and door closing will go MUCH smoother.

sky high states: Ok, the agent pulls up the seating chart. All seats are given out. You look at the parents and say?????????? NO. YOU CANT SIT TOGETHER?
As an employee YOU offer another solution, which is, POSSIBLY the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS can ARRANGE THIS ONBOARD. There's NOT ALWAYS a solution inside the terminal via the computer. Most of us, have re-arranged thousands of families, dup seats, etc over the years and most everyone appreciates the effort......it's called "customer service".

Any agents on the site, would like to hear your response to duplicate seats. Can you catch them prior to boarding? Is that possible?

only stating opinions

 

[Itestwell]

sky high states: Ok, the agent pulls up the seating chart. All seats are given out. You look at the parents and say?????????? NO. YOU CANT SIT TOGETHER?
As an employee YOU offer another solution, which is, POSSIBLY the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS can ARRANGE THIS ONBOARD. There's NOT ALWAYS a solution inside the terminal via the computer. Most of us, have re-arranged thousands of families, dup seats, etc over the years and most everyone appreciates the effort......it's called "customer service".

Any agents on the site, would like to hear your response to duplicate seats. Can you catch them prior to boarding? Is that possible?

only stating opinions

Thank you. My point exactly. Now, just sit back and wait for Travelpro to tell you that you have no "brains" because you disagree with his latest rant.

Med check.

 

[USCREW]

sky high states: Ok, the agent pulls up the seating chart. All seats are given out. You look at the parents and say?????????? NO. YOU CANT SIT TOGETHER?
As an employee YOU offer another solution, which is, POSSIBLY the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS can ARRANGE THIS ONBOARD. There's NOT ALWAYS a solution inside the terminal via the computer. Most of us, have re-arranged thousands of families, dup seats, etc over the years and most everyone appreciates the effort......it's called "customer service".

Any agents on the site, would like to hear your response to duplicate seats. Can you catch them prior to boarding? Is that possible?

only stating opinions

Once the problem is onboard, we own it, like it or not. If you try to get the agent to fix it, they'll usually wait a bit and then say open-seating. In the case with families, it really is easier for the F/As to try to rearrange. You could argue that it's the agents' responsibility, but we're in a position to take care of it more efficiently.

 

[Itestwell]

Once the problem is onboard, we own it, like it or not. If you try to get the agent to fix it, they'll usually wait a bit and then say open-seating. In the case with families, it really is easier for the F/As to try to rearrange. You could argue that it's the agents' responsibility, but we're in a position to take care of it more efficiently.

Right. And 9 times out of 10, it's not that big of a deal.

Next topic we can all whine about? h34r:

 

[USCREW]

Right. And 9 times out of 10, it's not that big of a deal.

Next topic we can all whine about? h34r:

We could talk about the pilot situation some more...no one has said anything in 30 seconds!

 

[Itestwell]

We could talk about the pilot situation some more...no one has said anything in 30 seconds!

I say we talk about the dastardly trash bags. My goodness, FA's poured their hearts out over how horrid and life altering the new bags were. It was incredibly entertaining! In fact, I just retired my trash bag avatar in favor of the "cry baby". Tough decision, but I felt it was the right decision.

 

[USCREW]

I say we talk about the dastardly trash bags. My goodness, FA's poured their hearts out over how horrid and life altering the new bags were. It was incredibly entertaining! In fact, I just retired my trash bag avatar in favor of the "cry baby". Tough decision, but I felt it was the right decision.

Well, I was traumatized over the black, worthless bags, but I'm all better now with the big, beautiful white ones.

 

[Itestwell]

Well, I was traumatized over the black, worthless bags, but I'm all better now with the big, beautiful white ones.

Oh, no. You've made it a black v white issue. h34r:

 

[Career Reserve]

Although, I do agree that you are done after your 15 minute "debrief"....if you walk off, you just screwed the next crew coming on board as they will have to clean it!!!!

Don't do that to your fellow crewmembers!!!

I don't consider that screwing at all. When they say "my duty day is done and the aircraft isn't clean" I say "No problem" because it's NOT MY/OUR problem. It's the company's! If we take a delay waiting on cleaners then so be it.
If we don't want to take a delay then we go on time with a dirty aircraft and allow the passengers to write it up.
Every flight attendants should be afforded the right to follow the contract and not be "pressured"into putting in more UNPAID time then is required.

 

[Itestwell]

Tell the agent you are waiting for cleaners. Plain and simple. Why would the outbound crew clean the plane? Would you like to work here *completely* for free? If it delays your overnight, so be it. Gotta make some sacrifices to get our point across. Enough.

 

[Travelpro72]

Listen, I don't find it an issue with helping a parent sit with a child. You know what I have found out on here ITESTWRONG is that YOU find a problem with ANYTHING that someone complains about. Well no, mostly ME. Again, anyone who knows me knows how I work. I don't care what you or any others on here think about my stance on the seating issues. If I get a bunch of them during a flight you can bet I'll be calling the agent. If they want to wait and go to open seating fine but I'm not going to be the ring leader to a game of "duck duck goose" or "musical chairs" while we are trying to prepare the cabin for an ONTIME departure. You can debate this with me until the cows come home (off your trip yet). Not a problem. I am FAR from the angry flight attendant but simply one that does MY JOB. I understand SHARES is a nightmare for agents and they are understaffed. FINE, I can move the occasional child or help the married couple sit together. You know what kind of flight I'm talking about here. The ones where the aisle is filled with people close to departure time and you CAN'T even get through the cabin to move people. NO I will not deal with it. Customer service huh? Well let the great "Customer service" start at the podium. Can't catch the dupes? MOST parents let them know they are NOT sitting together before they get down the jetway so whatever. Nice try.

 

[Itestwell]

Listen, I don't find it an issue with helping a parent sit with a child. You know what I have found out on here ITESTWRONG is that YOU find a problem with ANYTHING that someone complains about. Well no, mostly ME. Again, anyone who knows me knows how I work. I don't care what you or any others on here think about my stance on the seating issues. If I get a bunch of them during a flight you can bet I'll be calling the agent. If they want to wait and go to open seating fine but I'm not going to be the ring leader to a game of "duck duck goose" or "musical chairs" while we are trying to prepare the cabin for an ONTIME departure. You can debate this with me until the cows come home (off your trip yet). Not a problem. I am FAR from the angry flight attendant but simply one that does MY JOB. I understand SHARES is a nightmare for agents and they are understaffed. FINE, I can move the occasional child or help the married couple sit together. You know what kind of flight I'm talking about here. The ones where the aisle is filled with people close to departure time and you CAN'T even get through the cabin to move people. NO I will not deal with it. Customer service huh? Well let the great "Customer service" start at the podium. Can't catch the dupes? MOST parents let them know they are NOT sitting together before they get down the jetway so whatever. Nice try.

I must correct you. I don't find a problem with things that you complain about, such as onboard service levels, or the horrid operation we are running.

It's the endless rants that start with, say, mentioning a weather related delay that you turn into blaming BH's for not commuting the day before, when that was not what we were talking about at all!(???) All you do is come on here and scream about anything and everything. The reserve system sux, yes, but it aint the BH's fault. You mesh two topics into one.

Yes, sir, it is our job to try and accommodate pax together, like it or not. The agents seat map is full, it's on you baby. Can't do it? Tell them they have to sit apart or rebook! Why the drama of involving gate agents and telling them this is "their job?"

 

[Travelpro72]

I understand the tough job agents have but sorry it is NOT my job to move passengers all over the plane when some are unwilling and we have to many. I had a flight a few weeks ago where the other f/a and I just looked at each other like, "what the hell is going ON here? AGAIN I don't have a problem with helping passengers but sometimes there are way to many seating problems that should be fixed before boarding. A full passenger screen or a faulty res system does not mean that I need to deal with this while trying to get a flight out. You talk about drama? Yeah, tell a passenger to sit apart or rebook. And just who might you think their complaint letter would be written about hmmmm? I assist in trying to accomodate but will not handle a messy flight. This rant is over. As for you picking apart my posts? My ranting as you put it is simply my venting. Am I allowed? I don't have a thing against blockholders so I don't know where that comes from. I also understood the post you were talking about. I spoke of the weather AND the b/h not making it to work which TOGETHER made it a bad day in PHL. You need to get OFF MY BACK. I asked you before and will VERY nicely ask you again to block me and PLEASE, PLEASE don't respond to me. It's quite tiresome and is TOTALLY taking the fun out of usaviation. All over this board you have some smart a$$ comment about what someone says UNLESS it's something you agree with. I think I'd find you impossible to work with. I said it once and will again, anyone that knows me would find me easy to work with. There are the select few that I have worked with that I couldn't deal with and they know exactly who they are. Are you one of them? Hmmm I'm guessing you might very well be. The debate is over and won't change my opinion one bit so movin' on. Keep your promise and go bother someone else.