Reclining my seat in First Class......

[kaytieeldr]

Please don't assume that all of gen-X is rude.

Please don't assume that describing ONE person as a "30-something gen-Xer with entitlement" indicates in any way that the poster has is painting all 30-something gen-Xers with the same brush. A few perhaps - deserving ones, at that - but certainly NOT an entire generation.

As a non-rev you are supposed to blend in and not bring attention to the fact that you are flying free.

Which she did not.

You were on a free ticket and wouldn't trade a non-functioning seat with a paid customer.

There was NO indication that the seat was non-functioning (non-functioning how? unable to provide the passenger with a base support for his hips and thighs? a slightly-angled back support most likely higher than his head for back, neck, and head support? aren't THOSE the FUNCTIONS of a SEAT?) when the exchange was first demanded - not requested, but demanded.
With an empty B seat, the passenger had THAT option. It was his CHOICE to instead be apparently obnoxious and demanding.

Must be a dilemma, pushing the call button and then deciding to hide your employee status while the on duty crew takes care of the situation versus rising to the occasion and pitching in to help take care of the situation.

Especially when flying (at ANY price) on an airline by which one is NOT employed.

 

[prncess674]

You are kind of contradicting yourself in previous posts. You said that nonrevs are supposed to blend in but then you expected that the seat should be given up to a paying passenger. If the nonrev was supposed to do that in the name of customer relations, they would hardly be blending in. Secondly, they said it was on ANOTHER airline. Obviously not their own. Thirdly, nonrev travel is a perk of the job. Do none of you take advantage of the perks of your job at the expense of others enjoying the same benefit? I assume that Disney CM's get free or discounted tickets to the parks. Should they not use the FP system because they are taking that FP away from a paying guest? Should they not make ADR's in the park because they are taking it away form a paying guest. Should all "nonrev Disney CM's" get rounded up and removed from the park on those rare days that paying guests are turned away? Let's look at this for what it is. We all take advantage of the perks of our job. Be it free airline travel, sports or concert tickets...whatever. We all do it. It does not constitute a bad attitude. So you seriously think a paying customer should be given a broken seat (which could be considered a safety hazard) over a paid non-rev free rider from another airline. I sure hope you are never on a plane where that has happened.

And as far as the Gen-X comment. It would seem that this individual Gen-xer seemed to have a clear sense of entitlement. Obviously to ask another passenger what they paid and to think that they would be entitled to switch seats because he paid more is crazy. He did not know the person was a nonrev and to ask any passenger that obviously reeks of a sense of entitlement. I think the poster was speaking about this individual, not a generation in general. And I am a gen-xer.

As a non-rev on an airline that she doesn't work for the poster should be bending over backwards to accomodate paying guests. Company perks are exactly that, perks and NOT RIGHTS! Businesses have a vested interest in making customers happy. The poster was a free guest of the visiting airline. As a non paid "party crasher" she should keep the airline in mind rather than her own selfish wants. A smug employee flashing badges is not good business sense, hence my comment about blending in. ExPirateshopgirl needs to take her attitude down about 1000%. In no other business would such rude customer service be tolerated simply because an employee doesn't like the generation that a client was born.

Once while flying Trans-atlantic in a premium cabin it was determined that my biz class seat would not maintain a proper position. There were no other seats available after take off. I was promptly reassigned to the non-rev employee's seat when it was safe to move. When flying free, beggars can't be choosers, hence why the non-rev was switched to my seat. Sitting smug when you have a way to make it work for your employer is selfish.

 

[kaytieeldr]

There were no other seats available after take off

Did you READ the post at which you're ranting? There was an open seat RIGHT NEXT TO the demanding passenger.
He was in "A"
Nobody was in "B" = empty seat
His brother was in "C"

For that matter, until the availability of seat "C" in the row of the passenger at whom you're ranting was pointed out to a passenger across the aisle, Mr. Gen-X could have moved into the EMPTY SEAT DIRECTLY BEHIND his brother.

 

[goofy4tink]

DONE!!!!! I can't believe the stuff being posted here. You've taken an interesting thread and destroyed it. Way too much entitlement going on here.
Well done!!!!