boarding clerk

The boarding clerk assigned him one of the better seats which assured him of a good view when the transport left.

When both FBI men were gone from the room, he continued, 'You were the boarding clerk on duty for the new Aeroflot flight to London, correct?'

So was the wig she'd shown to the Aeroflot boarding clerk, naming the Ritz Hotel - before she left a costumier's receipt for André Dolmain, sanatorium pyjamas for the Alsatian, and the green Danskins on the pathetic remains of male vanity lying back in the summer-house.