First off - people shouldn't fly sick. Employees or otherwise. This guy was clearly toxic and the safety net to keep health hazards off the airplane failed for whatever reason (or because its honestly non-existent).

For a company that "loves its veterans" so dearly, whether he was identified as one or not, a bit of compassion, or sympathy goes a long way. We're given full latitude as flight crew to stop the operation whenever we see fit. At least 5 people failed to fully assess the situation and get this passenger into a suitable seat. While I understand that almost everyone who flies from ATL-DCA is a sky priority passenger, and we couldn't possibly stick out necks on the line to inconvenience one of them, at some point it would have been prudent to stop, and think, and consider the situation at hand.

So really, the answer to your question, is that someone should have stopped the blankity blanking operation and given this guy the care and compassion that Delta thinks he deserves.

Or is D-0 that important to you? Is it that important to Delta?

If there was enough of a stink of the airplane that a first class passenger offered up his seat, if that really happened, someone should have STOPPED THE OPERATION.

Jerry,

As luck would have it, I have personally given my FC seat to a veteran coming out of DCA. But, I did it in the jetway, not after the jet was boarded.

So, you are saying you'd reconnect the jetway, get airport customer service back out to the airplane, and shuffle passengers around? What if you had an EDCT? What if half the passengers had connections in Atlanta? What if you were three in line to take off?

The article advised the door was closed, or closing.

Again, reading this objectively (without the descriptions of "woodpecker lips") I just did not see that anyone did anything other than deliver the product that was purchased.

I don't see why this individual deserves to be in first. Delta is a business. Their job is to operate their business and take care of ALL of their customers according to the services those customers have purchased from them. If they can do something nice for an armed services member, thats great and I applaud them for doing so.... but one should never feel deserving of a free first class seat just because they wear a military uniform. I find how this individual acted embarrassing for all the humble honorable service men and women that travel every day.

Part of traveling on an airplane is knowing its not going to be fun. Part of being disabled and traveling on an airplane is knowing that everyone is going to do their best for you and its still not going to be any fun. Part of being a responsible traveler is not getting on an airplane with a 104F fever and blowing things out of proportion.

Worth considering ....



I'm proud of many of our people.

So much for "Bags fly Free" on Southwest

UPDATE 1-Southwest Air sets new fees, to add $100 mln to revenue | Reuters

Is he sure about that? Seriously, his recall rights might expire before we ever hire again. He might not get the chance.

southern Baptist Delta plus anything goes free love Virgin Atlantic?

Uh, Virgin already has an ad for that...



and yes it is a virgin Atlantic ad

Is the crew auto-notification system mandatory now? I recently got a robo call and never signed up for it. I just logged on to change my preferences to opt out and can't find a way.

Thanks.

You can get robocalled for Inverse Assignments if they run out of reserves. That was happening even before the new system.

What was the call about?

Bags still fly free. They're just raising some of their other fees.