Originally Posted by
ag386
It's not "positive space" unless you have a guaranteed seat. And A3 ain't positive space.
If it's 7am and Envoy needs you to deadhead up to ORD for a 12pm sign in, I can guarantee you'll be A1 and can walk up 15 minutes before departure and the agent will go as far as pulling a revenue passenger off the flight to get you on. Why? Because Envoy/AAG needs you there to operate that flight. Why A3 on the way home? Because they don't need you at home for any reason. Unless...there's a flight they need you to operate. Then you'll be A1 and get on.
A3 is NOT positive space.
It's all about timing A3 if you check in early enough and are given a seat they won't take that seat from you even if it's oversold. The problem is with reserve and not enough time to check in. Say you are sitting standby and get a call for a turn and it's a deadhead home. You probably won't have time to check in and get a seat because they have all been allocated to other passengers. With enough time though like for training or it's your line A3 should get a seat