Originally Posted by
tausap
Hey Skywest guys, I am wondering if this Skywest Capt screwed me or if it was out of his control? Yesterday, flying RIC-DEN nonstop on an E-170, the captain told the gate agent "no standbys", including jumpseaters, even though he had 7 seats open and 4 of us waiting to get on the last way to get to DEN for the day. It was due to high headwinds and the weight being more baggage than they expected. I flew on same flight another time with approx same headwinds and they took a full load.
So, my question is, why did he not just tell dispatch they needed to make a fuel stop to take all the pax, or have them offload some bags to get the pax on? Can you not do this there? I know at UAL I have done it several times coming back from Europe on the 757, in order to accommodate all revenue and standby pax when we were weight limited. If he could've done something to get us on, and he didn't, that is lame.
This Flight is just about as far as the 175 can go. If they had an alternate or hold fuel they would be at the limit. Dispatch tends to add hold fuel this time of day for Denver. The fuel stop thing is up to United and SkyWest as the flight will be late. I have done MCI to SFO where we made a stop to take a full load. I have also done it without the stop and booted 20 people. The reason being was there was a large group with tons of bags that were connecting to China and could not be late. I personally think this flightvis way to far forcan RJ.