Amusing:
Some years ago on a BMA ATP flight BD228 routing LHR-BHX-EMA at around Christmas time. There were something like 12 pax booked LHR-BHX and an additional one pax booked LHR-EMA(via BHX) - i.e. 13 out of LHR, 12 to BHX and one to EMA. There were also five staff (I worked for BMA at the time) travelling non-rev/sub-load LHR-EMA. Imagine the laughs from us staff pax when, after landing at BHX, the one and only revenue passenger travelling onwards to EMA got off the flight totally un-noticed
leaving just us five staff onboard. Said pax was eventually located wandering around the baggage reclaim wondering why her bag had not appeared on the carousel
- and was reboarded for the short onwards flight to EMA!
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Curious 1:
More recently, having sat down on a UA 777 flight to SFO, after a short wait I noticed a couple of fairly heavy-set guys came onboard, walk towards the back, and then a couple of minutes later came forward again with another guy in tow. A few minutes later yet the captain announced "Sorry for the short delay to our departure, but we had a passenger on board who we'd rather not have flying with us today, and we've been waiting for him and his baggage to be taken off the airplane"
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Curious 2:
Again as a pax on a UA 777 this time inbound to LHR, I was intruiged that we seemed to be going round the hold at Bovingdon longer than most other arrivals - UA's channel 9 allowed me to hear other aircraft behind us being vectored for approach. After landing, the aircraft braked very hard just short of the parking stand, and steps were brought up to the door rather than the jetway being connected. Must be a broken jetway, I assumed. Cabin crew said "Everyone please remain in their seats with the seatbelts fastened until instructed otherwise". Huh? Immediately the L2 door was opened, several police got onboard and went rearwards. Passengers forward of the L2 door were then allowed to get up and disembark. Never did find out why the police boarded - presumably an unruly passenger, but as I slept for most of the flight whatever happened didn't come to my attention. I've subsequently assumed that the reason the aircraft went round the hold more than all the other arrivals was to give the plod time to muster at the arrival gate?
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