Originally Posted by
PilotFrog
About that, can a jumpseat be denied because of an overweight jet? I got on the flight ok, but when I was told it was overweight I asked if I could jumpseat and the gate agent was not sure if a jumpseat was allowed because of the weight restriction.
Yes you can. It is either taking fuel off the aircraft, taking pax bags off the aircraft, taking revenue pax off, or taking YOU or non-rev's off the aircraft. Which one do you think it is going to be? Yes, it will be the jumpseater or non-rev. pax's 99% of the time.
I totally agree with WalkOfShame that I will do whatever I can to make the numbers work to get everybody on, if I can help it as well.