Originally Posted by
Impress to inflate
Hang on, hang on.......when I board a flight, I have to show my boarding card to the cabin crew at the main door to prove I'm entitled to be ON THAT FLIGHT, on that day to the planned flights destination. Why didn't the cabin crew pick up on the fact that EVERY pax boarding card said Dusseldorf and not Edinburgh?? Who's runs the brief here ? I would imagine that the cabin crew and flight crew would have a pre-pax boarding brief detailing, destination, special needs pax (wheel chairs, etc) pax numbers etc etc etc
Hang on, hang on........why not read the posts above?
The cabin crew thought the flight was going to Dusseldorf, the passengers thought the flight was going to Dusseldorf, but fr some reason the pilots thought the flight was going to Edinburgh.
My gut feeling is that the flight deck was called in at short notice to replace the scheduled crew for some reason. They arrived too late to meet the cabin crew, who were already on their way to the gate to start boarding the pax. For some reason the pilots were under the impression they were to fly to Edinburgh (given or picked up the wrong flight details), hence why they planned for, filed a FP to, and subsequently flew to Edinburgh. Flight deck arrive at aircraft too busy pre-flighting to chat to cabin crew. Cabin crew give initial pax announcements ("Welcome aboard this flight to Dusseldorf") whilst the pilots were getting their clearance ("Cleared to Edinburgh via the blah blah blah departure...."). Flight progresses normally (as far as the flight deck are concerned). Approaching Edinburgh the Capt/FO gives the arrival announcement. This is the first that the cabin crew and pax know of the flight going to Edinburgh.