Originally Posted by
trent890
If you had some time, and a gate agent willing to hear your plea, I think printed on the backside of the jumpseat request form there is also the computer file path for the agent to read the "FAQ" and how to handle the flightdeck jumpseat request and boarding process.
Originally Posted by
trent890
Which policy do you recommend that the Captain follow with regards to the priority of who sits in the jumpseat? The DOH policy listed in the non-rev Travel Guide that applies to ALL employees and is only found online on the company website? Or, the policy listed in Chapter 9 of the Flight Operations Manual, which is specifically titled "Flightdeck Jumpseat", and just so happens to be located in hard copy format in the cockpit shipset binder just outboard of his left leg?
Originally Posted by
BlueSkiesAhead
The post above which highlighted an excerpt directly from the FOM anwers my question completely. The next time I have an issue I will just direct the agent to ask the Captain what his FOM says about the matter.
I was correct in my previous post about the information printed on the backside of the jumpseat request form. I just rode back home in the cockpit jumpseat on company mainline metal, and kept the pink "jumpseat traveler" copy in my posession so I could restate what is printed on the form. At the very bottom center of the jumpseat form it says:
"See DRS:JUMPSEAT, DRS:CABIN JUMPSEAT or the US Airways FOM for expanded guidance."
DRS = Direct Reference System which is where the gate agents can access and read a help file on a particular subject in the SHARES reservations computer system that US Airways uses.