Originally Posted by
fly4michelle
I can tell you from 20 years of experience that the only time you need to check in on a major carrier is when are riding up front in a jump seat. Those guys could care less if you are non-reving or whatever.
Oh, Michelle.
You are so very wrong.
I have been in the 121 world for at least 17 yrs now and I did have an incident at AA. During my early days I was unsure of the "etiquette of jumpseating" and I took a seat in the back without notifying the Capt. I was summoned to the cockpit from an announcement over the PA. The Capt read me the riot act (in a nice way) and let me know to ALWAYS check in with the cockpit when ever I jumpseated. They do want to know you on board because 1) It is a professional courtesy and 2) They know they have another resource if they should have to use it.
When I was at the commuters we did have a few problems with jumpseaters not checking in with the Capt. It was mainly Continental ex-military guys that caused the problems. I am not sure why they felt the need not to "ask" for a ride but again jumpseating is a professional courtesy.