A319
Flight Attendant Airline Total 2; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 7; Flight Attendant Total 2
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Procedure
Prior to door closure; a passenger asked to get off the flight with not much of an explanation. The pilots requested to have the passenger's bags removed from the aircraft and agents /operations denied the request as it was a domestic flight and they wished to avoid a delay. There seems to be a pattern with passengers asking to deplane at the very last minute with little to no explanation as of recent. Crew members were uncomfortable with their luggage remaining on board. I believe situations like this; airlines should be required to make sure all bags on board are accounted for when a passenger exits and checked bags removed whether international or domestic.
A Flight Attendant reported that a passenger requested to get off the airplane without claiming their luggage.