I agree with the above.

If they EVER figure it out or notice, you just ended your commercial flying career. The Feds will look at it the same as if you had been drinking while flying the aircraft. All it takes is for someone in a bad mood who noticed you are jumpseating to then notice you drink alcohol, and you'd be surprised at the number of cargo guys who get paid airline tickets for deadheading. It's silly enough to do it, but posting about it on the internet does not a good career decision make!




As far as passports. Passports are only required for using CASS or flying internationally. I'm at a non CASS airline and havn't ever shown my passport to a counter agent. It can be good to have in case they don't know what they are doing (I carry mine with me now after a flight I almost didn't get on because she didn't know how to put it in the system without a passport number), but is NOT required for *non* CASS jumpseating.



Going on from there, if you have more than one leg to hop, I'd discourage trying to do it for a weekend trip... way too easy to get in trouble that way. It's your choice, but I really hate only having one day to do a trip even if it's one hop because something major can happen to get you stuck. If for the second hop flight a flight gets cancelled or grounded otherwise (or even a connection is missed with a lot of reservations) the whole rest of the day can be shot for jumpseating.