All for one and one for ..........
Do any of you out there still help other flight crew or try to give give them any preferential treatment ahead of the hoards of arbitrary staff travel pax ?. I always will and hoped the same might still occasionally hold true . In a very few last airlines out there the Captain does still have discretionary power , so please guys let's all try help out where we can . You may be sure if we don't help each other no one else will .
On a related matter many thanks to the last 3 Iberia captains who operated the last 3 flights 26th,27th,28th San Jose (Costa Rica) back to Madrid .
Myself , (flight deck )and missus (cabin attendant) have watched 18 people get put on ahead of us over the last three days , none actual crew or cabin staff and all their ZED travel links very tenuous at best . Captain gets to meet all extras to plead their case , so each gentleman very aware of our status and the days we've been waiting .
Moral of the story , don't ever ZED travel Iberia on any route with any expectation of ever returning unless the flights are so empty the route is about to get canned . If perhaps you are related to one of the sniffer dogs from Barajas or your 8th cousin thrice removed is a baggage handler for Iberia then you may fare better than us !.
Buen Viaje !