Originally Posted by
iLikeMoose
If the CA delegates that to me then I would be happy to do that. But since I have never seen a CA make the walk themselves, I don't think any are going to ask me to do that, and I most definitely am not gonna pretend the CA told me to do something he didn't.
Or....you could show some initiative and tell the Captain you're going out front for a minute to see if they got everyone on.
Look, I know things get real busy just before pushback, so I always talked to the gate agents before I got on the jet, and I would ask them at that time, "Are we going to be full?" And, "Are the non-revs going to get on?" And, "We got any jumpseaters?" If it looked like we were going to be full I would ask them to please get everyone on and if there's going to be a delay, "Put it on me."
Never had a problem with my FO leaving to go check, last minute, either.
Some of you guys make it a lot harder than it has to be!