While conventional wisdom holds that once the boarding door is closed, it will remain closed, one late-arriving passenger in New Orleans thought he might be able to get onboard by grabbing the PA system and demanding the door be opened.
Man Uses PA System To Try to Get On Missed Delta Flight
Our story takes us to gate C10 in New Orleans in an incident that took place last year but was just shared with me, where a couple showed up too late and missed their flight. I cannot make out which flight they missed on the screen, but both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines operate from the C gates at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). You can even hear a nearby boarding announcement for United. It appears, though, that this occurred on a Delta Air Lines flight.
Rather than give up, the guy banged on the jetbridge boarding door and then grabbed the handheld microphone for the PA system and began asking for help…over the loudspeaker.
“We need security at C10 to open these gates. You got some people trying to catch their flight. We were here early. You need to come and open this motherf*cking gate!… Security! Security!”
Yes, I don’t like the F-bomb (so be aware, the video below includes it), but I have to give the guy at least a little credit for trying to get on the flight. Trying to get help at the gate in this manner is far better than destroying counters and computers in outrage…
@kieraadavisss Never a dull moment when traveling #delta #neworleans #airport
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It’s a good idea to show up early in the gate area before your flight. While most carriers have a boarding cutoff time of 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure, you don’t want to wait that long to show up because sometimes gate agents are in a rush to get the flight out and might offload passengers who have not boarded to get the flight out or to get standby customers on.
Even if your gate is within eyesight, you might want to reconsider that coffee or snack before boarding rather than cut it dangerously close. AT best you’ll have to check your carry-on bag. At worst, you might be denied boarding altogether.
Hopefully, this couple eventually made it to their final destination.
In case you’re curious when this happened https://viewfromthewing.com/late-arriving-delta-passenger-commandeers-p-a-system-to-demand-to-be-let-onto-flight/
Not curious enough to visit the clickbait leader in travel’s website.
Wow, I don’t remember you covering this. How could I have missed it?! 😉
Who are you even?
Gary?! Haven’t heard from you in ages. I kinda forgot you existed.
My suspicion is with AA, they close the flight a few minutes before the cutoff.
I used to really cut it close but now I don’t due to traffic, slow security lines, etc. The doors have been opened for me twice with zero instances of missing the flight except due to late connections.
If they were there early, how did they not board?
The actions of someone mentally ill. Lock him up.
Hope the guy got arrested . Not convicted, just spent a night in the drunk tank. for his antics. I’d argue he should have been banned from the airline in the future since he doesn’t adult very well.