Originally Posted by
Rooster435
A Red Coat was working it and absolutely refused to let me on as a non rev or list me for the jump seat. He was pretty belligerent about it. I suppose I could have tried to get the crews attention but I just backed off, .
So the flight was closed out, maybe even boarding door closed. You're considering trying to get the crew's attention, by what, waving your ID card from a window at the terminal? What exactly are you expecting the captain to do? Flights do depart early, especially if all the paying passengers are on board. Long gone are the days when the captain can demand the gate agent open up a closed flight again.