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Or a port in northern Australia, radio on Co. frequency squarks to life, "argh ABC the last bloke to board's pissed but we reckon he'll be ok".
Wasn't PK was it? Was DN now at the Rock.
Quite often CS Staff don't even sight pax if they use web check & have no bags. Some conceal it well at boarding & it may not be until they get onboard that's it's apparent when they sit in the wrong seat etc.
A common scenario is a group of rigpigs or miners arrive in DRW off a Metro from Truscott, Dili or The Granites then proceed to checkin at 1030 sober as a judge but they've got 4 hours to kill before their 1420 flight back to PER. You don't know what they're going to be like by the time the flight starts boarding.
Last night a guy who was thru checked from GOV with 2 bags on DRW/SYD flight was a fail to board. The boys hold all GOV bags to one side & load last as frequently these mining folk lob in DRW then get a cab directly to Shennanigans. When pax was offloaded bags were located quickly & flight off blocks 5 early.
An aircraft like the A320 which is containerised is a PITA when you have to locate a bag compared to the 737 or 767 when you can just chuck something in the bulkhold last minute.
