Originally Posted by
afterburn81
I think what a lot of guys are saying is that they will be at work early plenty early. It's about making your way all the way out to operations to check in at some computer when you have to come all the way back to where you came from.
Further more, why do you have to check in at some computer when you start a trip but they allow you to just go to your gate while you are in the middle of the trip. They tell you to be there 45 minutes early and we are. Just makes no sense really. Just do away with the whole computer check in thing and treat people like grown ups. If you can't be trusted to be there an hour before your trip starts then why hire a person?
Because in the middle of the trip they know where you are, and know you are there. They however don't know if your commute flight is holding inbound or is sitting on the ramp waiting for a gate, or if you were in a horrible fiery car crash on the way to work and you are not going to make your flight assignment. That said, being able to check in at the gate would certainly help and be a great compromise.