Hello. I have a question for anyone who travels on or works for US Air.
Have you ever heard the term "weight restriction" used to describe a scenario where they need to take volunteers to give up their seat?
I was on a connecting flight through Pittsburg, OH, and the announced that they needed volunteers because of a weight restriction, or they would have to start bumping people.
Given that it was a Canadair regional jet, it seemed to make sense that it wouldn't be too difficult to overload one of those planes.
Four people gave up their seats, and no one was bumped fortunately. The offer of a free round-trip ticket anywhere they fly was a pretty good incentive.
However, while I was on the flight, I looked around and noticed something strange. Every seat was full. It was a small jet, so it was easy to see if all the seats were taken.
Did 4 thinner people get on board? Did someone dump some luggage? It seemed to me the more likely explanation is that they oversold the flight, and didn't want to admit it, so they called it something else. Essentially, it seems as if US Air deliberately lied. Compounding that, it wasn't difficult to catch that lie, which is rather insulting to the intelligence of USAir's customers.
Is this assement incorrect? Is weight restriction something else? Perhaps "wait restriction"?
Have you ever heard the term "weight restriction" used to describe a scenario where they need to take volunteers to give up their seat?
I was on a connecting flight through Pittsburg, OH, and the announced that they needed volunteers because of a weight restriction, or they would have to start bumping people.
Given that it was a Canadair regional jet, it seemed to make sense that it wouldn't be too difficult to overload one of those planes.
Four people gave up their seats, and no one was bumped fortunately. The offer of a free round-trip ticket anywhere they fly was a pretty good incentive.
However, while I was on the flight, I looked around and noticed something strange. Every seat was full. It was a small jet, so it was easy to see if all the seats were taken.
Did 4 thinner people get on board? Did someone dump some luggage? It seemed to me the more likely explanation is that they oversold the flight, and didn't want to admit it, so they called it something else. Essentially, it seems as if US Air deliberately lied. Compounding that, it wasn't difficult to catch that lie, which is rather insulting to the intelligence of USAir's customers.
Is this assement incorrect? Is weight restriction something else? Perhaps "wait restriction"?