Originally Posted by
m3113n1a1
Just a random question/observation when commuting. Why do Delta gate agents most of the time not clear non revs until the very end of boarding even when the flight is open? It makes finding bag space pretty difficult. Not all gate agents do it this way but I'd say 95% or more do. Is this procedure or just their technique?
I think it’s more techcedure. When flights are wide open it’s hit and miss, but because you can change to S2 to hope for that better seat at 30 minutes they rarely start before that even if the flight is open. Highly station dependent too, and within stations, even agent specific. And since they all seem to want to shut the door at D-15, it does not leave a lot of time and always feels rushed.
I think if they moved the S2 cutoff time to the left it would help with this a lot. But what do I know, I’m line swine.