Originally Posted by
Vandal
Wow indeed. Sorry to get you heated. As I said, I am relatively new and still trying figure it all out. It seems appropriate to ask the captain permission regardless. I hope if I ever ask you I don't get "Why the F are you asking me?!" in front of everyone. I also didn't know it was an issue which got anyone's blood boiling.
I know you're a newb but...
Know your contract, know what you're worth. Don't grovel for things that you've earned.
Frankly I had never heard of anyone "asking" to non-rev...ever, so if it happened face-to-face I probably would have said "welcome" and proceeded to try to figure out what just happened for the next hour. "Hey guys I'm a non-rev" should suffice...or as stated earlier, throw on a polo shirt and say nothing.
People (maybe just me) get heated about such things because we want you to stop being a starry-eyed newbie and become a grizzled veteran as fast as possible to reduce your chance of becoming a lap dog for management.