Delta passenger uses gate PA system to summon staff
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Updated · View from the Wing · May 3
Delta passenger uses gate PA system to summon staff
4 articles · Updated · View from the Wing · May 3
In a video posted on 2 May, the traveller repeatedly called for employees to come to gate 30B, saying delayed customers had been left waiting with no staff present.
The incident came during a weekend operational meltdown at Delta, with the report suggesting the gate may have been at Los Angeles International Airport.
The article said such passenger PA takeovers have also occurred during disruptions involving American, Spirit and at New York JFK, though they can prompt security responses rather than assistance.
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