Originally Posted by Meatball

So there I was, in my Eagle uniform trying to hitch a ride to work from SNA to DFW... flight packed as usual. The captain is at the gate printing his release and sees me. He summoned me over to him and asks if I'm trying to get to work. I said yes. He then took a piece of paper and wrote down his cell phone number. He said, "if they tell you there's no room, you call me and I'll come up here. I don't leave with an empty jump seat."

Wow!

I too have had crews share meals with me. I have NEVER and I mean NEVER been treated as anything less an equal by AA crews... and I've been in their cockpits about two-hundred times in the past five years, maybe more.

Thank you AA crews!!!