If gate agents are being disciplined for clearing standby's they probably got disciplined for not handling their flight in a timely matter , or they may have been explaining what the delay was for behind closed doors (catering, not enough fuel, etc)
Unless you're behind those doors, you dont know what the discipline was for , if any, and if you're left at a gate watching a plane pull away, I'm sure you could let your imagination run wild with what went on during that flight. You're going to make your own conclusion, tell someone else, etc.
Could the gate be punished for clearing standbys? I guess so, but after they grieved it, the sup would be in trouble. I have never seen this happen. I've seen new hires get overwhelmed and not get their flight out fast enough because they have a chairman slapping the counter at them , the flight attendants upset about a seat dupe, the supervisors too busy handling a drunk pax across the way, etc.
I'm tired of people pointing fingers because their day got all messed up. Flight isn't a natural God-Given ability, so why do you all expect it to go perfect everytime? Front liners can only do their best, and sure they may be some bad apples in the employee pool, but there's some obnoxious abusers in the passenger pool.
I'm not directing this toward Piney, but rather people who hear something, spice it up to make it all better and then pass it along to outside sources who have a field day with it. It is impossible to know what is always going on, and if people are so tired of getting buttraped by the industry then stay away from it - - common sense. Quit talking and take action. If your dollars spare me a job , then go ahead and stop flying and I'll find another job. I'll live. Will you?
