I don’t understand how someone gets put on standby. Is there some sort of standby ticket? If so, how.. and do people really go through all the hassle of going to an airport while having a possibility of going home?
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I used to be a flight attendant, and I flew standby all the time, everywhere. It was a perk of the job, but came with the risk that you might not make it where you wanted to go when you wanted to be there.
I almost got stranded in Mexico once, but snuck into first class when a couple didn’t show. I was looking at options to fly to a different Canadian city just to get back into the country and then figure it out from there.
It’s much more flexible as an airline employee than public. You just learn to roll with it. I was able to check flight status and so predict if I’d make it on or not, but sometimes you show up and hope!
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