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An American Airlines traveler asserts that his partner was ousted from her first class seat.
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In a subsequent statement, he revealed that the crew initially claimed his partner’s seat was faulty.
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He stated that instead a pilot was seated in the first class seat.
An American Airlines traveler alleges that his partner was relocated from her first class seat so a pilot could occupy it in her stead.
In a post for x On Tuesday, traveler Jake Williams wrote that a gate agent upgraded the couple to first class. The couple were then informed that the girlfriend’s seat was defective and she would have to move to a different location.
Then, the traveler claims, a pilot assumed the seat instead.
The man’s post read, “You all are terrible.” “You (the gate agent) upgraded my girlfriend and I to first class. You displaced her because the faulty seat relocates her to a different location. Then the pilot sits in that faulty seat.”
You all are terrible. You (gate agent) upgraded my girlfriend and I to first class. You expel her as the faulty seat moves her to a different location. Then the pilot sits on the said faulty seat. pic.twitter.com/F1I69By3az
– Jake Williams (@jwilliams0787) 8 November 2023
The video displays a man in a pilot’s attire seated in a chair. It is uncertain when the incident took place, the departure and arrival locations of the flight.
American Airlines and Williams did not respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours. However, a customer service representative addressed Williams’ post on Tuesday, asking to “investigate” his claim.
Occasionally, off-duty pilots are seated among other passengers because they are “extremely fatigued” or they are remunerated to fly to another location for work but are not actively working. Have been.
Industry publication View from the Wing reported in August that while workers at other airlines typically sit in economy while deadheading, American Airlines pilots are given priority access to first class due to a new union contract.
Pilot in front of an American Airlines plane. Mike Stone/Reuters
According to the blog, American Airlines’ deadhead pilots get priority over passengers for upgrades. The concept is that the larger, more comfortable seats in first class aid pilots in obtaining better rest before piloting a passenger plane.
Williams’ situation is not the first time a passenger has been ousted from first class this year so the pilot could assume their seat. In September, a 78-year-old man was demoted to permit an off-duty pilot to occupy his seat.
The man flew with Qantas and was moved to economy because there were no business class seats left.
“As part of their enterprise agreement, pilots flying to another city to operate a flight will be offered a seat in Business,” the airline said in a statement to Insider at the time.
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Source: news.yahoo.com
