Originally Posted by
embraer
Rick, I'm 99% sure that AA crew have priority over AE crews when non-reving on American flights. A couple of months ago I was bumped by an AA dispatcher of all people and I was there LOOONG before he was. Various gate agents have also refused to give me the JS on AA until the last second because, "an American pilot may show up..."
It works the other way as well...on Eagle flights we have priority over AA crews.
Hmm. If you are talking about Jumpseat priority, then yes, AA pilots have priority over AE pilots on their aircraft, and AE has priority on AE aircraft.
As for every other classification, it all boils down to pass classification - not which division one works for.
If a crewmember or dispatcher is traveling on company business, that person travels on an A pass and has a higher (much higher) classification than a standard D2 or D1 pass traveler.
Within the D2 (or D1 or D3 for that matter) classification, all AA and AE employees are considered equal and are grouped in the order that they check in for the flight.