Originally Posted by Bazzamundi
Lowerlobe will you kindly enlighten us all as to how you can avoid any taxy delays in NY.
The only way to get priority is to have a pax on board who works at JFK ground movement control!
Apparently there was a QF108 that departed JFK and waiting to depart in a long line.
The Captain made a PA to the pax to explain that it was going to be a long wait.
A pax pressed his call bell and asked the F/A to tell the captain that if he mentions that he is on board on the radio, it may help the situation.
The Captain did so and was subsequently given directions which allowed them to bypass the queue of other aircraft departing and were next to take off!
Thanks Bazzamundi for an informed insight into what is actually going on in the cockpit and shedding light on the fact that it may not be one big conspiracy to make the Cabin Crew work longer.