Only issue with that is the risk of a discrimination law suit. What if someone would feel that boarding priority determined if you needed to pay for this service, versus getting overhead bin space......
You could try to argue that if would be forwarded free of charge but not delivered to the jet way, but, as you know, it could still be seen as discriminatory.

The unfortunate truth is that it has been sort of thought about and the passengers are not going to like the answer.

My understanding based on conversations between flight attendants and gate agents is (subject to revision) that the remaining bags which do not find a home in the cabin will be checked at the gate, subject to Delta's excess baggage fees. The mobile credit card readers (or something similar) will be employed to collect the requisite fees.

Fair enough I guess. But, there seems to be NO policing of folks with several large bags getting on board early in the line and shoving their crap above aisle 11 as they meander back to their seat at row 40.

If we are going to enforce the policy and collect revenue, I think it is important to let passengers see that we are enforcing it fairly and not just as punishment to those who are already stressed by a tight connection which puts them at the back of the boarding line.

That should include us. I don't know why so many crew members are traveling with a wardrobe that would equip a member of the British Royal Family. We had ONE flight attendant completely fill the forward coat closet on a trip where she simply turned with the jet. When I asked, she explained she was a commuter. So, to get this straight, she had three bags, a very large purse & food which went with her on at least four Delta flights which IMHO do belong to our revenue passengers.

Thanks Dragon!

I had heard they were going to start that last summer, but never saw the collecting the fees with the on board M2's like they had described.

Anyone jumpseating on American these days? I thought I read somewhere that we now list on the AA website (vs the non-rev phone #) as a sort of ZED listing but I can't find the info anywhere.

Only need to use them as a back up. But, of course, as a back up I won't have much time with a stressed out agent if I'm not listed anywhere.

Ferd

This. ^^^^^^

I'm seeing more of that these days. Had a flt attendant just the other day who was hauling probably 150 pounds of crap on a turn-around. She explained it the same way. She was a commuter. She backs up all her trips and comes to Atlanta only once or maybe twice a month. Has no crashpad. Uses the lounge to sleep. Eats canned tuna. (or it might have been Little Friskies)
Pretty ridiculous.

Lifted from our favorite airplane porn site, here is a breakdown of departures on a thursday once the summer schedule goes into effect (apparently June 30). Try not to be sickened by the amount of RJ's vs. mainline. It's ok because we are parking them in droves, right? Interesting stuff:

ATL

SF3: 2
CRJ: 250
CR7: 65
CR9: 50
E75: 3
D95: 52
319: 17
320: 26
M88: 253
M90: 9
73W: 17
738: 40
73H: 8
757: 155
752: 1
753: 13
763: 14
767: 19
764: 5
332: 4
333: 5
777: 1
77L: 5 Total = 1014 (36.5% RJ)

DTW

SF3: 4
ERJ: 8
CRJ: 289
CR7: 43
CR9: 31
E70: 1
E75: 21
D95: 16
319: 22
320: 26
M88: 21
M90: 2
738: 15
73H: 14
757: 27
753: 8
763: 2
767: 2
764: 3
332: 1
333: 2
777: 2
77L: 1
744: 4 Total = 565 (70.3% RJ )

MSP

SF3: 25
CRJ: 158
CR7: 4
CR9: 48
E70: 4
E75: 60
D95: 15
319: 29
320: 43
M88: 8
M90: 41
738: 3
73H: 8
757: 32
753: 10
763: 4
767: 2
764: 1
333: 2
744: 1 Total = 498 (60.0% RJ)

SLC

EM2: 31 (SkyWest)
CRJ: 88
CR7: 37
CR9: 47
319: 16
320: 28
M90: 4
738: 15
73H: 8
757: 21
753: 1
763: 2
767: 1
332: 2 Total = 301 (67.4% RJ

MEM

SF3: 6
ERJ: 4
CRJ: 116
CR7: 8
CR9: 24
D95: 9
319: 10
320: 12
M88: 3
738: 2
73H: 2
767: 1 Total = 197 (80.2% RJ... )

JFK

ERJ: 15
CRJ: 42
CR7: 2
CR9: 33
319: 4
320: 9
M88: 4
73W: 2
738: 3
73H: 12
757: 14
752: 24
767: 10
764: 7
332: 3
333: 3
744: 2 Total = 189 (48.7% RJ)

LGA

ERJ: 12
CRJ: 3
CR7: 16
CR9: 4
E70: 14
E75: 37
319: 30
320: 12
M88: 12
738: 2
73H: 1
757: 16 Total = 159 (54.1% RJ)

CVG

ERJ: 11
CRJ: 67
CR7: 20
CR9: 17
319: 1
320: 13
M88: 10
73W: 1
738: 5
73H: 3
767: 1 Total = 149 (77.2% RJ)

DCA

ERJ: 10
CRJ: 11
CR7: 13
CR9: 10
E75: 22
319: 1
320: 5
M88: 11
M90: 7
738: 1
757: 7 Total = 98 (67.3% RJ)

LAX

CRJ: 10
CR7: 8
CR9: 11
E75: 1
320: 10
738: 7
73H: 6
757: 16
752: 7
753: 5
763: 9
333: 1
777: 1
77L: 2 Total = 94 (31.9% RJ..i wonder how much AK...)

BOS

ERJ: 4
CRJ: 5
CR7: 14
CR9: 13
E75: 1
319: 17
320: 7
M88: 2
M90: 1
738: 2
73H: 2
757: 11
752: 2
767: 1
764: 1
333: 1 Total = 84 (44.0% RJ)

MCO

CRJ: 8
E75: 3
319: 2
320: 5
M88: 11
M90: 2
738: 3
73H: 2
757: 18
753: 6 Total = 60 (18.3% RJ..woo!)

RDU

ERJ: 2
CRJ: 22
CR7: 6
CR9: 6
E70: 2
E75: 4
D95: 1
M88: 11
738: 3 Total = 57

ORD

CRJ: 4
CR7: 1
CR9: 12
E75: 18
D95: 4
319: 6
320: 1
M88: 8
M90: 1
757: 1 Total = 56

LOL little friskies. OMG. Haha!!!

Anyway all we have to do is strictly start enforcing carry on rules. We could go one step more and put little numbered dividers in each overhead bin. No fit, you pay. We could have sections with larger bins for our HVC's in coach (with maybe more legroom, etc).

I'm all for upping the quality of our service. Honestly, our coach product isn't the best or the worst, but it NEEDS to get better if we are to be the global airline of choice. And we need to be able to target and win the riff raff just like we are fawning over the HVC's because the riff raff is non negotiable. You can't run an airline without them. However the "extras" and improvements we need to start providing don't all have to apply to everyone. We need to up the coach product if we want the chance of creating brand loyalty, but we should absolutely collect revenue from the dot com cheaper by 2 cents I don't care who it is crowd, because they have no loyalty to begin with.

Sir Ferd;
They were going to do this but it got nixed at the last minute. Still call the meal list number. It will work for the time being. It was discussed in the Code-a-Phone two weeks ago.

Not this. ^^^^^^^


It seems like you guys are being a little insensitive to me.