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I once wanted to board a plane from Havanna to Europe and because of a computer glitch my clearance for the US airspace didn’t get approved. So they nearly took

by andix 5y ago

I once wanted to board a plane from Havanna to Europe and because of a computer glitch my clearance for the US airspace didn’t get approved. So they nearly took off without me. After 20 minutes of trying to get it approved, they found out that I was checked in twice, and got two seats assigned. The other boarding pass got the confirmation and seemed to prevent the second confirmation. So they took away my boarding pass, and told me to hurry to the plane (a 767 parked directly in front of the gate). I jumped in 5 minutes after scheduled departure time and before I could even get seated they stated push back :D.

withinboredom 5y ago
I once managed to board the wrong plane but I was recorded as being on the other plane. I was checked into the other plane, so they couldn't take off without me, and the plane I was on had to let me off. It was a huge fiasco; I had to get off the plane after it left the gate, hitch a ride with security to the correct plane. I got chewed out by both pilots... security held me in the back of the car asking me how I did it. I really had no idea how I did it. It turns out the gate was changed and I didn't notice. I also scanned my boarding pass several times at the gate by holding it over the scanner too long. It turned out that when you've already scanned at the gate, it wouldn't tell the attendant your flight information, just that it was already scanned. They wouldn't let me on the next plane until they figured all this out. They've fixed this bug :) but that is how you successfully delay two flights and piss off some pilots.
- totalZero 5y ago
  This is the kind of thing where an airline only has itself to blame. It's disheartening that the people tasked to pilot both aircraft took issue with your actions when their own company's inept error handling was at fault.
  - withinboredom 5y ago
    It turns out it’s really hard to believe someone is on the wrong plane by accident. Initially, I was accused of trying to sneak on the plane. It was an international flight.

by andix 5y ago

withinboredom 5y ago

I once managed to board the wrong plane but I was recorded as being on the other plane. I was checked into the other plane, so they couldn't take off without me, and the plane I was on had to let me off. It was a huge fiasco; I had to get off the plane after it left the gate, hitch a ride with security to the correct plane. I got chewed out by both pilots... security held me in the back of the car asking me how I did it. I really had no idea how I did it. It turns out the gate was changed and I didn't notice. I also scanned my boarding pass several times at the gate by holding it over the scanner too long. It turned out that when you've already scanned at the gate, it wouldn't tell the attendant your flight information, just that it was already scanned. They wouldn't let me on the next plane until they figured all this out. They've fixed this bug :) but that is how you successfully delay two flights and piss off some pilots.

totalZero 5y ago
This is the kind of thing where an airline only has itself to blame. It's disheartening that the people tasked to pilot both aircraft took issue with your actions when their own company's inept error handling was at fault.
- withinboredom 5y ago
  It turns out it’s really hard to believe someone is on the wrong plane by accident. Initially, I was accused of trying to sneak on the plane. It was an international flight.