Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
AA gate agents are trained to get people on from top to bottom. So as stated before, if it’s oversold, and we check in, it’s usually “we are overbooked, here is the 1W” and we take the JS. You’re assuming that I could have secured a cabin seat with my D2 listing and could have taken that instead of the JS. Usually never the case.
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Just as an aside, FAs generally do not take CJs unless it's the last option. They have zero reservations leaving nonrevs behind and taking a cabin seat. Pilots on the other hand are much more amenable to taking ours.
This guy has a valid point only so much that a lifelong commuter would get it. I empathize with him although my memory of CAs even doing a little bit of legwork to get more nonrevs on wasn't great so I don't think it's in our culture.
I tend to check in at the last moment so I ensure I'll actually make it and as such generally am last on the list anyways, so not really applicable for my flights. But he does have a point. Just the nice thing to do.