Jtamu97 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 655 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 6 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 5167 times:
A while back there was a thread about a dog who was routed a round a bout way to Guayaquil, I think. If it is any consellation, the same can happen to humans:
ANZUS340 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 61 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4879 times:
Interesting. I once got on a plane bound for Canada. I was meant to be going to North Carolina. I only got off the plane when I was buckled in my seat and the person next to me asked why I was going to be doing in Vancouver. My fault of course.
PlanesNTrains From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 4536 posts, RR: 28 Reply 3, posted (4 years 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4846 times:
My grandmother once almost went SEA-ANC on accident. She was helping an even more elderly woman to her seat, when she looked out the window and saw the Alaska Airlines flight was pushing back. She was able to get a flight attendant to quickly contact the captain. Once back at the gate, my grandma asked him what he would have done if they'd taken off and he said "Taken you to Anchorage "
Sunking737 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1930 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (4 years 6 months 2 days ago) and read 4487 times:
Back in 1982 while flying MEM- BHM-TLH-MIA on a RC DC-9-10, as we flew over TPA the captain calls it out on the PA, as it was night. About 30 sec. later a guy in front of me rings the F/A. He wanted to get off in TPA, and got on wrong plane in TLH. He was in luck plane went to MIA turned back to TPA. He was so busy talking with another pax he did not notice he was on wrong plane.
It's also the gate agents responsibility to check those stubs. Then again, having worked with them, I know most barely glance at the tickets anymore.
I once almost ended up in a wrong flight to Mexico out of PHX. There were two flights, one to HMO, the other to MEX (I was booked for HMO) and they departed out of adjacent gates at roughly the same time. So they call up one of the flights and one of the few times I wasn't paying attention I lined up for the MEX-bound flight without noticing until the gate agent saw my stub and told me to head over to the next gate over.
It was extremely embarrasing, specially considering I'm a pilot
Terryb99 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 291 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 years 6 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3361 times:
Quoting FLY2HMO (Reply 5): It was extremely embarrasing, specially considering I'm a pilot
Not sure if you mean a commercial or private pilot, but for road warriors, I can see that happening.
Often I am like a zombie, airport, rent a car, hotel. Customer visits, next city, repeat.
I have had to go to the desk at a hotel, and ask my room number!!
I have almost missed a few flights because of gate changes. Go sit down, get into a book or my laptop. Look around and realize, were did everyone go? Have to run to the new gate to catch the plane, lol.
If a new flight was at the gate, I could see me easily not noticing and getting on whatever flight was there , lol
NAVEGA From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 741 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 6 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2704 times:
I really do not understand how this could happen with the technology out there.
A gate reader will not allow someone to be boarded on to a wrong flight. I have worked with
in the airline industry and should someone give a wrong boarding pass this will be
identified by the reader etc.
I cannot believe that USAIR does not have this technology.
LesMainwaring From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 539 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (4 years 6 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2650 times:
I will never forget an EA 727 flight from ATL to PHL in the mid-1980s.
It was early morning, and the flight pretty empty. There was no one in the entire row with me, and one person in front of me.
We taxied out and the pilot came on and starting saying we were cleared for takeoff following another aircraft - yada yada yada - and our flight time to Philly would be ...
I heard the guy in the seat in front of me go "Uh-oh" and pushed the stew call button. After a few pushes, the flight attendant came.
He said "I think I am on the wrong plane. I am heading to Newark."
The pax held up a ticket stub as proof.
The flight attendant didn't miss a beat.
She said, "Well, this plane is heading to Philadelphia. Check your seatbelt" and walked back. We shortly took off.
I want something under my wheels thats plenty long and mighty dry --- Vern Demarest
AirJamaica From Jamaica, joined Aug 2006, 2314 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 6 months 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2239 times:
An elderly woman was on my flight once JM 027 MBJ-KIN-MIA and it was when the B727 ( 1998 ) was almost at the holding point she realised that she was to be on the MBJ-EWR flight which was parked beside ours. Of course she was not amused as an agent checked everyone pass prior to boarding and hers had JM 019 EWR. She had to disembark right there and ' tarmac' it back to the terminal which luckily wasn't too far. I was expecting them to send a vehicle for her but she walked.
Floridaflyboy From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 1985 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 6 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2028 times:
Quoting NAVEGA (Reply 7): I really do not understand how this could happen with the technology out there.
A gate reader will not allow someone to be boarded on to a wrong flight. I have worked with
in the airline industry and should someone give a wrong boarding pass this will be
identified by the reader etc.
It seems crazy, but it certainly does happen. I had a friend come to visit me in Florida last year who doesn't fly much. He was supposed to be on the second flight out SLC to ATL, but instead accidentally boarded the first one. The reader gave the agent a whole bunch of double beeps, so he said the agent just tore the ticket, handed him half of it, and said have a nice flight. He made it all the way to ATL and so did his bags somehow.
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