Originally Posted by Margaritaville

Agreed on the first paragraph.

second paragraph maybe you missed it but the OP said he was a ticketed passenger. I see Netjets UPS and FedEx guys doing this often. This is why nobody should be calling a uniform or a crew bag passenger out for not "checking in". Some people just make this job harder than it's needs to be. It seems to revolve around the god like captain types.