Originally Posted by F9 320

I have been commuting for about sixteen years now, using many different airlines including quite a few that are no longer in business. I even had a Delta Capt. buy me a pass in order to get me on. This was when they first allowed jumpseating even by their own.

The thing we have to remember here is that the jumpseat belongs to the company. It has been Frontiers position in the past that deadheading crew members will occupy the jumpseats in order to accommodate as many revenue passengers as possible. Frontier is not the first nor the last airline to take this position.

That being said, FAPA ( Which is alive, well and recognized by the Department of Transportation, Labor, and the IRS among others. ) worked with Frontier mid contract to loosen those rules, in part due to the longer and more frequent deadheads.

As has been said there is always going to be the 1% that go against grain. Many of them I call friends, and each has a different reason. I have got my own stories of being snubbed from the RAH side, but I still do all I can to get every jumpseater aboard regardless of who they work for. I have stepped on the toes of gate agents, asked if crew members would move to allow someone on, and rode on the flight attendant jumpseat, all to get jumpseaters on board.

With regard to the lanyard you can wear it if you want to, you will still get a welcome on board my flight. However if it was me asking for a ride I would elect to reduce exposure to something the crew might find offensive.