Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

This is why I stopped sitting in the flight attendant jumpseat so a DCI pilot can sit in my reserved jumpseat. No hard feelings. I have showed up to an earlier Delta flight numerous times right at 15 minutes to have found out a DCI pilot has the jumpseat, then watched the flight leave full with me at the gate. A couple times, the pilot had not even boarded yet. I was told, "no hard feelings" just like you were. Now, I just laugh when they ask me to inconvenience myself so they can get on. I treat jumpseaters on my flights very well, but the days of inconveniencing myself are over.