Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
I jumpseat quite a bit on AA, and had a gate agent bite my head off for asking if I can see if I can keep my bag in the flight deck instead of gate checking it. I really think their process of gate checking is broken and inefficient, and causes a lot of undue stress.
So do I and have had this MANY times. And I never get the pink tags if they’ve given me a seat in the back. They always want me to check it to baggage claim. I get attitude despite me being as nice and courteous as possible, and even had one threaten not to let me go down the jet bridge if I didn’t give her my bag to check. Few times I’ve been unable to list cause the flight was delayed, allowing me to actually make it, and they’ve shut the door on me saying they don’t have time to list me. On a delayed flight... Pilots are always great to me, and FAs typically aren’t bad. But I dread commuting on AA cause of the gate agents....