Made a big mistake, hope it didn't just cost me my job.

Talked to the boss today, he was very kind about the whole situation and said he wouldn't even charge me the penalty for fessing up. Honesty does pay. And I get to go back to work again tomorrow

Got damn

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Good grief, let's not make a bigger deal of this than it actually is. I know plenty of people that have gotten absolute miserable advice from union reps. Not saying that is always the case but when it comes to simple innocent mistakes that are non saftey/operation issues just fess up to your boss and move on. A little common sense can go a long way.

I get all of my advice from the internet. It is generally FAR better than the advice I get from actual humans.

Reflects reality more often at least

As a rule of thumb, people are much less upset hearing a story from the person involved than from a third party. Just one example:

Many people have received discipline for doing exactly that.

People get the shaft for doing what they were told when someone needs to cover their ass fairly often. Life sucks sometimes.

Say sorry, you won't do it again. Most managers just don't want to be caught off guard when their boss knows about things before they do. If they can say they know about, dealt with it - often that's the end. Gets to their boss from another channel? Damage control time.

Time to change the cover sheets on my TPS reports lest I be doing the carpet dance monday morning

Actions do have consequences. Adults accept them.

It's a pass that is awarded to employees who have received letters of appreciation. It is also a pass given to former NWA employees with unused perfect attendance passes.

I think it will cost you something like a $150 penalty.

Does the Delta system allow someone to book in a S1 or S2 when they aren't qualified for S1 or S2? I know certain other airlines will not let you list for a priority listing if you don't have the priority passes in your travel bank.

Joe

This is the same airline that was accidentally allowing thousands of United-dedicated employees at a regional carrier, who didn't deal with their flights, to fly them free, with no ID95, for years via a phone listing glitch. That is until my friend who works there found out and was actually going to use it, and was the first at this station to find out they fixed it. Figures.

Point is, if no one got in trouble for that, and I mean people flying to Europe in buisness class without paying a penny with no benefits on Delta, I think you'll get a write up at worst. If anything they'll probably laugh at how nervous you are and just tell you not to do it again.

No

This...I heard the said employee also tried the glitch to/from Hawaii

Yup. There are some managers that seem to look for issues so they can rat you out. Makes it look like they are doing their job...

That employee bought a walk-up revenue ticket on Hawaiian Airlines for him AND his girlfriend after the glitch failed him spectacularly as a back up option after a 777 to 757 downgrade left him stranded, and after the Hawaiian employees flat out lied to him and coaxed him into buying a ticket on an empty flight. Aloha my ass, which I just totally said on here.

General rule: If you mess up, fess up. Because someone will find out.

Did your mistake result in you being boarded before someone on an S2 vacation pass? Because if it did, then you should probably be in trouble. If nothing out of the ordinary happened, then meh.

Boooooooooooo. (Probably tapped "S1" instead of the more appropriate "S3" and ignored the "Manager approval required" inscription on the kiosk...)

Devil's advocate here, but even if you are a union member at Delta, the abuse or misuse of non-revenue travel privileges is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. So it is written, and so it has happened. Seriously.