Originally Posted by
bluejuice71
Aren’t we still on the clock 30 minutes after our in time? And aside from that you’re losing sight these people are paying your salary. Take 20 minutes and personally thank them for flying Delta. It’s the right thing to do. Plus, we are supposed to stay until last person deplanes unless there is an operational need to leave early. Don’t use lame excuses like industry standard. There’s a reason we are not industry standard and it’s little things like standing in the doorway and thanking our paying passengers.
Define operational need. I see communications from the CPO’s bringing up this subject and yet they too fail to define operational need. If there is a fire while deplaning they try to make the point that a pilot should be there. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. A flight in Atlanta would never get out on time if they made us stick around during the turns they schedule.