kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2006
We just flew home from MCO and I saw a couple of things that I found annoying...
First, we bought EBCI and I was ecstatic to get A26-29...but that was short-lived. There were TWENTY-TWO people in wheelchairs that needed to preboard! When the time came to get off the plane, six of those folks jumped up, grabbed their bags from the overhead bins and headed off the plane. The FA's noticed this and reminded those "who needed assistance to board the plane" to stay in their seats until the other passengers could disembark. It was ridiculous!
The other thing that irked me a little was the fact that the last three people to board the plane was a mother and her two sons. The FA's said that they needed a row of three freed up (this was a 100% full flight) so that this family could sit together. Nobody moved since everyone was already seated and settled. Then, the FA announced that the flight (which was already delayed due to the excessive amount of wheelchair pre-boarders) would not be pushing back from the get until the family was seated together. Arrgghh! Seriously?! Finally, when the gate agent come on board and explained that it was an error on the part of SWA that resulted in this family boarding so late, three people vacated their seats near the back and took the remaining three scattered seats.
The pilot did a great job and despite leaving almost 20 minutes late, we landed on time. Overall, I am not complaining since none of it affected us at all. We don't fly much and the whole experience just didn't seem like "the norm".
First, we bought EBCI and I was ecstatic to get A26-29...but that was short-lived. There were TWENTY-TWO people in wheelchairs that needed to preboard! When the time came to get off the plane, six of those folks jumped up, grabbed their bags from the overhead bins and headed off the plane. The FA's noticed this and reminded those "who needed assistance to board the plane" to stay in their seats until the other passengers could disembark. It was ridiculous!
The other thing that irked me a little was the fact that the last three people to board the plane was a mother and her two sons. The FA's said that they needed a row of three freed up (this was a 100% full flight) so that this family could sit together. Nobody moved since everyone was already seated and settled. Then, the FA announced that the flight (which was already delayed due to the excessive amount of wheelchair pre-boarders) would not be pushing back from the get until the family was seated together. Arrgghh! Seriously?! Finally, when the gate agent come on board and explained that it was an error on the part of SWA that resulted in this family boarding so late, three people vacated their seats near the back and took the remaining three scattered seats.
The pilot did a great job and despite leaving almost 20 minutes late, we landed on time. Overall, I am not complaining since none of it affected us at all. We don't fly much and the whole experience just didn't seem like "the norm".