Just for kicks I went to the DPA site and read the highlights of these two "lanyard" incidents and the letters that went to the Chief Pilot's Office. I will say that one of the more tedious flights I have had occurred earlier this summer when at exactly 10,000 ft, the jumpseater started in with their DPA salespitch complete with handing out literature and going on and on about how I was going to have to personally pay for the TWA lawsuit and how my dues were going to go up and blah blah blah. I politely told this person I wasn't interested but that didn't stop it, even when I buried my face in my trusty complimentary copy of USA Today.

Now I have been a commuter all my life and would never dream of denying the jumpseat, but I can honestly say that in the future, if the requesting jumpseater had DPA stuff on them, I would tell them before we even sat down that I don't want to hear the DPA salespitch.....my question is, after reading about these two incidents, would my Chief Pilot be getting a letter from DPA if I did that?