- EuroAirport - Amsterdam / J KLM E190: NO CATERING
- Amsterdam - Brussels / Y KLM F70: SUITCASE OR NOT?
- Brussels - Amsterdam / J KLM E190: WHERE IS THE CREW?
- Amsterdam - Seattle / J DL A330: [http://flight-report.com/en/report-12531.html]SOMETHING ABOUT PARADISE
- Seattle - Anchorage / F DL B737-800: WORST FLIGHT EVER
- Anchorage- Fairbanks / F AS B737-400: Here.
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- CDG - EuroAirport / Y AF E170
I arrived at the carousel at around 0:10 and prayed that my case would be among the first to come out. It was third. Lucky day today, at least ^^
I picked up my luggage at 10:15 and rushed again to the check in kiosk, I got my boarding pass at 10:20P. There are two people before me at the bag drop, but I'll be on time to drop it off. I think I was one of the most relieved person on earth that evening :p
Quite a lots of people at TSA but thanks to my First Class boarding pass I could skip the cue. I arrived at the boarding gate right on time for the scheduled boarding time that had not begun yet. I then spot a 737-400Combi to Prudhoe Bay:
Boarding starts!
Very cold welcome from the purser that was chatting with a standby staff passenger…
Safety card:
No PDD but the purser takes our orders for the flight, still not friendly at all. The staff passenger is still standing in the galley…
We are now pushing back.
Seat Pitch:
DL 737 that took me here:
Safety procedures are shown and the staff passenger is still standing in the galley. My neighbor (active military not on duty) asked the purser what was this passenger doing standing next to the cockpit while taxiing.
The purser realizes that this is definitively not good and asks the employee to take a seat. She'll seat in First Class, the plane being 90% empty.
We then take off and once airborne, the staff passenger stands up again and goes to the galley to… open a beer!! My neighbor and I can't believe what we are seeing. The purser prepares the drinks for First Class and the staff passenger chats with her while drinking a beer and in front of the passengers. What a shame.
My double bailey's arrives:
And the two girls continue their chat in the galley, laughing loud, one drinking her beer, the other (on duty ^^) water. My seat mate press the call attendant button and explains that this is not serious and that this is really not appropriate. At that moment the purser asks the staff passenger to take her seat.
Then the purser comes with some snacks and apologizes she forgot to bring them earlier… With 6 passengers and busy chatting, clear she forgot…
We landed on time, here the 737-900ER to Seattle:
The purser tries to bid a warm farewell but it's ways too late to make a good impression. Alaska did really a bad job that evening.
That was cutting it close! Glad you made it, though too bad you didn't get to fly Ravn Alaska. Totally unacceptable behavior from the FA and the non-revenue pax. Non-revs hogging attention and keeping crews from their duties is grounds for discipline and even loss of flight benefits at most carriers. As an ex-Non-rev, I would never think to act like this in front of paying pax. I would never even want anyone to know I was a non-rev back then. Discretion is key. Shame shame shame on both the FA and the NRSA
Thank you for the report Esteban. I'm appalled by the behavior of the NRSA and the FA. As someone who occasionally flies NRSA (not on AS) I hate seeing bad behavior. I would report this incident to Alaska Airlines so this person is disciplined. The privilege of NRSA travel is a wonderful thing but all it takes is a bad apple or two like this to jeopardize the benefit for all of Alaska Airlines' hard working employees. Thanks again for the report and happy flying.