Originally Posted by
mexipilot84
About a year ago I was in uniform going home on a revenue ticket and paid for the upgrade to business select to board first on A1-15 and I got yelled at by the FA for sitting at the exit and row and told me he was going to tell the captain. Told him I had a business select ticket, he kept at it until it finally dawned on him I paid for it. I guess it’s always assumed if you’re in uniform you’re non-reving. Didn’t expect that at all.
I had this exact same experience flying corporate. Operated into airport, full paid DHD to another airplane on biz select ticket and the FA flips out when I sit in the exit row. I explained and she still insisted I move on the optics of sitting there in uniform.
Incredibly dumb