Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
Technically that would be jumpseat abuse. If you are scheduled to fly a trip out of base, the company is required to get you to that base. If you jumpseat to a different base to fly an assigned trip instead of the company providied deadhead, you could be taking the jumpseat away from another pilot who needs it.
I realize it would mean another night at home, but it's still abuse.
In no way is this abusing the jumpseat. Let me give you an example at my company.
We have a base in ORF. Because it's more or less an outstation base, there are trips that start with a deadhead to CLT or PHL quite often. What a lot of people do, since they are commuters, is jumpseat to CLT or PHL to start their trip instead of jumpseating to ORF the night before to catch the DH to CLT or PHL on the next morning. Make sense?
That's essentially what this guy is asking. In absolutely no way would this be abusing the jumpseat. It's called commuting, and it's the smart way to do it if you are a commuter.