Originally Posted by gloopy

The JS here is a hard fought benefit that we refuse to surrender to pompous gate agents or malevolent managers. What may seem a sense of entitlement is really us as a group fighting to keep and even improve one of the best benefits we have. The Captain of the flight is the only one that can deny you as long as you are there in time and follow the rules, subject to JS priority of course. Anyone else is subbordinate to the Captain and we really don't care who they go tattle to, they have no right to deny a pilot that hard earned and paid in full benefit. I've had gate agents "deny" me the JS a few times (too busy even though I was way early, pilot haters, etc)...yet I've made it on every single time.