Originally Posted by
Montu
Woah... easy there. I know blaming the scheduler's "imcompetence" is always the most popular thing, but there was a lot more to it. They had a last minute sick/FM/fatigue call in Texas, and couldn't get anyone there for the report. Being a CR9, one FA doesn't cut it. And, I was told the company was buying the ticket, so the "her own credit card" thing isn't legit. In fact, quite a few people stayed very late just to get that whole thing set up, since it was something that doesn't happen very often. After all my defending, I'm quite glad to not have to deal with these sort of things anymore.
Hate to break it to ya, but that is not what happened. I was part of the crew there good fella. One of our FA's called in sick on day one. On day two we picked up another FA in JFK and she flew to TX with us. Then while we stayed in TX for 33 hours, she left early on day 3 to fly back to JFK. So the company (scheduling) knew from 21:00 on day 2 that we were going to need another FA on day 4 to operate out of TX. And yes, while it was the company paying for the ticket, someone on the company side dropped the ball and the ticket didn't get purchased. That is when they asked the FA to put the ticket on her credit card. After she replied with a definitate "NO" the company did what they needed to do to purchase the ticket.
Keep defending he company. Poor another glass....