The reserve schedule didn’t end up getting released until 11
pm last night. I was put on 3am to 3pm
home reserve and forgot that I have to wake up to check-in for my reserve
duty. I missed the phone calls from
Scheduling and was given a “no show” on my record. That’s a really big deal and would put me on
automatic probation. I emailed my
supervisor immediately at 7am when I woke up.
Soon after, I received a call from scheduling about a trip
assignment.
The only thing that could make up for me not getting the
Orlando layover is getting another really good trip. And that’s exactly what
happened. They want me to deadhead (get
paid to fly to a different location) to JFK and then fly our brand new A321
plane to Puerto Rico. I was disappointed
when I realized I would be flying back to JFK the same night (a red-eye turn),
but my disappointment was short lived when I realized I would be flying with
one of my fav roomies. He’s friends with
the other 2 girls who will be working with us and said they’re a lot of
fun. How awesome: a good trip, fun crew and lots of paid time
on the holiday!
We arrived at the JFK airport 2 hours before our scheduled
departure, so the 4 of us went to grab dinner.
There’s a buffet type place in the JFK airport that I really like. You can purchase all sorts of food, but my
favorite is to fill up a salad bowl and then they charge based on the weight.
After dinner, we headed over to the gate, but the plane
wasn’t there yet. The gate agent was one
of those people who has major issues with everything. “I speak Spanish, but I refuse to do so
because the company doesn’t pay me to speak Spanish.” And a few days after the
flight, I get an email that the gate agent also tagged the “crew” as the reason
for the flight being delayed leaving… um, the plane was late, I’m not sure how
that was our fault. Whatever.
The flight to San Juan was pretty uneventful. The A321 was ok, but I was really thankful to
be the #4. I got to stand and sit in the
very back. The #2 and #3 are stuck
sitting next to passengers and the #3 has to sit FACING a passenger in the row
behind her. The other problem was that
the tv’s had not been installed on the plane yet, so a lot of customers were
irritated about that. The supervisors
told us there would be games and magazines on board for people to use … games
turned out to be foam boards for tick tack toe and the magazines were some free
airplane magazine. People were a little
irritated.
I’m really into my book, the Divergent series, so I spent my
extra time on the flight reading.
We arrived back in JFK very early on Christmas morning. My crew and I talked about getting together
for drinks in one of our rooms, but once we walked in and closed the doors… everyone
fell asleep.
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