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07-04-2017, 10:06 AM
#9401
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 677
Was relief FO once pre-9/11, and every time we hit barely a ripple the aft FA's started obnoxiously yelling to turn on the FSB sign. During this era in our crew relations, it was difficult to sort out real problems from general beetchyness.
CA directed me to go back to see what the problem was, before I even got to the front part of Coach, I was set upon by the Wicked Witches of the East and West in tight formation. The situation degenerated quickly into me informing them the CA was in charge and me heading back up front.
I probably would have figured the problem out had I gotten to the aft galley and not been "attacked".
One week later while on the same flight on my break, it was the same light ripples in front, so I wandered back to the aft galley to see the difference in the ride. In the Aft Galley, it was swaying all over the place and I couldn't walk without bracing myself. I called up the CP, and after switching to the other Yaw Damper, it went rock solid smooth. It was the same jet as last week. Problem solved.
CA directed me to go back to see what the problem was, before I even got to the front part of Coach, I was set upon by the Wicked Witches of the East and West in tight formation. The situation degenerated quickly into me informing them the CA was in charge and me heading back up front.
I probably would have figured the problem out had I gotten to the aft galley and not been "attacked".
One week later while on the same flight on my break, it was the same light ripples in front, so I wandered back to the aft galley to see the difference in the ride. In the Aft Galley, it was swaying all over the place and I couldn't walk without bracing myself. I called up the CP, and after switching to the other Yaw Damper, it went rock solid smooth. It was the same jet as last week. Problem solved.
07-04-2017, 10:34 AM
#9402
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,491
Was relief FO once pre-9/11, and every time we hit barely a ripple the aft FA's started obnoxiously yelling to turn on the FSB sign. During this era in our crew relations, it was difficult to sort out real problems from general beetchyness.
CA directed me to go back to see what the problem was, before I even got to the front part of Coach, I was set upon by the Wicked Witches of the East and West in tight formation. The situation degenerated quickly into me informing them the CA was in charge and me heading back up front.
I probably would have figured the problem out had I gotten to the aft galley and not been "attacked".
One week later while on the same flight on my break, it was the same light ripples in front, so I wandered back to the aft galley to see the difference in the ride. In the Aft Galley, it was swaying all over the place and I couldn't walk without bracing myself. I called up the CP, and after switching to the other Yaw Damper, it went rock solid smooth. It was the same jet as last week. Problem solved.
CA directed me to go back to see what the problem was, before I even got to the front part of Coach, I was set upon by the Wicked Witches of the East and West in tight formation. The situation degenerated quickly into me informing them the CA was in charge and me heading back up front.
I probably would have figured the problem out had I gotten to the aft galley and not been "attacked".
One week later while on the same flight on my break, it was the same light ripples in front, so I wandered back to the aft galley to see the difference in the ride. In the Aft Galley, it was swaying all over the place and I couldn't walk without bracing myself. I called up the CP, and after switching to the other Yaw Damper, it went rock solid smooth. It was the same jet as last week. Problem solved.
The other problem we're having is the 'don't mind me texting during the middle of my PC or oral' crowd as well..... Right, Shy?
07-05-2017, 04:29 AM
#9405
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Joined APC: Mar 2015
Posts: 188
TOTD goes to agent wouldn't let me jumpseat without checking my bag. I asked if I could at least ask the captain for a ride and they probably have space for bag too. "The captain is not in charge. I am. Either you check your bag or you will not board the flight"
Captain asks where my bag is. I tell him it's already down below. He said sorry about that. I then see that about a 1/3 of the bins are empty in back.
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Captain asks where my bag is. I tell him it's already down below. He said sorry about that. I then see that about a 1/3 of the bins are empty in back.
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07-05-2017, 04:47 AM
#9406
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: 737
Posts: 1,136
I've had this happen several times. I just go along with it, thank the agent for the hospitality and the ride, wheel my bag down, ask the crew if there is room for my bag, then remove the tag and store it in a bin or the cockpit. Winning friends and influencing people makes commuting so much easier.
This is usually my strategy but this gate had the bag chute at the podium. When I tried to go down with my bag the agent ran down and stopped me. His way or the highway, so I had to without getting security called or something.
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07-05-2017, 07:16 AM
#9407
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Posts: 4,603
This is always the story when commuting on AA.
07-05-2017, 08:00 AM
#9409
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Joined APC: Mar 2015
Posts: 188
Yep. This has happened to me also. Sorry man. I had a ramp guy in CLT once (AA) decide he didn't want to carry a crew bag up the jetway stairs so he took my gate checked bag, hand wrote a check tag, and sent it to the bag belt without telling anyone. After having the gate agent, captain, and ramp supervisor try and find my gate check on the aircraft, the station manager finally told me that it had been sent to baggage claim as per their policy of no gate checks.
07-05-2017, 08:35 AM
#9410
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Joined APC: Jun 2008
Position: A320 Cap
Posts: 2,282
I've had this happen several times. I just go along with it, thank the agent for the hospitality and the ride, wheel my bag down, ask the crew if there is room for my bag, then remove the tag and store it in a bin or the cockpit. Winning friends and influencing people makes commuting so much easier.
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