I agree you roll with the dice in this world. My 15 minute example was simply that... An example. I could show up 22 early in that example and it likely would not change the fact the gate agent has you the dead header tucked into the jumpseat and will tell me to get lost. Like you said, there are alot of jumpseater woes and yes being a commuter it does SUX4ME, but this whole multi page discussion is pointing out the concerns fellow pilots see that make their difficult commuting life even more frustrating. So perhaps as a lot of the fantastic crews and F9 have said they would not take the JS if it were to bump a commuter, maybe a simple solution to any of these issues would be the dead heading crew that is to take the cockpit jumpseats, stow their bags early and then kill the boarding time in the gate area until final call? Maybe a bit overkill to some, but come on... If this practice were to allow just one pilot get home or to work every once in a great while, would that not be worth it? Just a suggestion instead of of *****ing with no purpose...