Originally Posted by Wasatch Phantom

Pax,

Delta does a fair amount of charter work for various sports teams. The chartering organization pays for the aircraft, the fuel, the crew, the maintenance, etc (not unlike Delta paying for all the DCI costs and in some cases Delta even owns the aircraft).

However Delta pilots (or other employees) don't get to ride on the chartered aircraft at all, unless they are working the flight. No jumpseaters, no non-revs, no nothin'.

I just can't conceive of say walking up to a charter for the LA Lakers and saying "I'm a Delta employee and I'm going to ride on this airplane and so Kobe Bryant's wife/girlfriend can't go (I'm assuming she's not a Laker's employee).

How do you think that would go over?