Thanks to all for your interesting replies.
Yes, I thought it was odd that our passes were taken by the gate agent in ATL.
Our brave FA did seem rather seasoned otherwise and was apparantly frazzled only by this event. For the remainder of the flight it was all smiles and professionalism.
thinking 'oh god i stuffed up and now Osama's mates are on the plane'
Skysista, one of us was . . . ... ..... ethnic in appearance.
captain was putting her under stress to depart quickly and this was a hinderance.
Trislander, I think you may well have it here - the mid and forward sections of the cabin ( I think) were all behaved and seated - our area had the couple who bettered their seats and 2 more trapped behind them = 4 befuddled PAX in the aisle and no one sitting anytime soon. I apologize for not adding that we were 7 min from
scheduled push - actual time was 15min after S.D. - maybe we lost our slot and Cap was indeed calling for brevity.
I think I'll keep a firm grip on my boarding pass next time !
cheers,
K
