Originally Posted by HeyOneTaco

Because empty seats are given to nonrevs in order of priority. Us at 9E fall behind Delta employees, their dependents, and retirees. So in other words, everyone associated with mainline Delta. You then get a seat after them. ATL are nearly always full, and have double digit nonrevs trying to make it on too. So that leaves you without a seat. The problem is it starts to overflow, although there is 12 flights, 2-11 will be oversold or filled with nonrevs. Might have a shot on 1 or 12, which is the case where I live