JetBlue employee 'stows away' on NY-to-Boston flight

The free pillow on JetBlue costs 7 bucks, it is 2009 you know.

He's lucky it was a short flight and that the Cargo Compartment has pressure or else this would be a very sad story.

How did he get back to NY? Did anyone check the cargo on the nfo?!

This is no joke as it nearly happened to me back in the summer of 1972.

I was working on the ramp as a summer intern for a major airline. After running a load of bags to the terminal from a late night through flight with only a short ground time at our station, the ramp supervisor dispatched me out to the aircraft at the last minute to look for a suitcase that had not come off. I was all the way forward in the #1 bin of the DC-9 when someone suddenly doused the lights and slammed the bin door closed from the outside. I felt the plane being pushed away from the gate as I groped my way back toward the bin door and heard the first of the two rear-mounted engines winding up to start. The low-ceilinged cargo hold was pitch black inside but fortunately I discovered a dimly glowing luminescent panel near the bin door with a button marked "Cockpit Signal." I just kept pressing the button until someone finally opened the door to let me out. Apparently one of the pilots saw a flashing signal on the control panel and radioed the mechanic in charge of the push-back.

I learned later on that someone had purposely shut me inside as a joke, but to me it was no laughing matter should there have occurred any sort of emergency with the aircraft since there was no way to open the bin door from the inside.

It cost me over 500 bucks to fly my neices dog home for her in cargo, he didnt get peanuts either

Did,nt realise DC9 a/c had a bin system?..I have worked the ramp for 19 years and although it has been a while since I spun a DC9,I have never come across one that was containerised(bins)....

I wonder if he still got miles for the flight!!

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What got me was that he was napping. You can't nap on a job during a recession! Those ramp agents get decent pay, you know. Unless this guy has a profound work record or has been with the company for over ten years, his job is history! You can't fool around with such a great job like working for the airlines where employees get free and discounted travel rates. It is stupid! This guy could easily end up on the streets as a beggar if he loses his job. It is nuts not to work your butt off at your job in order to survive in today's economy!