Originally Posted by
newfoundglory
But why is there going to be a lot of de boarding going on?
I am struggling to think of why this would be an issue. If checkin for the flight is closed, with no further pax being accepted for the flight, seats are allocated or denied boarding occurs. All pax have a seat assigned.
So far we have seen events such as:
1. Moving DH crews using seats already take by other pax.
2. Pax arriving late who might be deemed a 'higher priority' customer for the airline, where 'lower priority' pax have already been boarded.
3. Senior airline staff who might have an expectation to a seat, in a higher cabin class, which is already occupied by a commercial pax.
Seriously?
I'm struggling with the concept of a full fare passenger in 1st class not being high enough priority to keep his seat. That is kind of mind boggling.