Originally Posted by
captain152
I'm wondering how this guy was authorized to ride on the JS before he even got down the jet bridge... Pretty sure you still can't ride in the JS on an international carrier. So how or why the gate agent let the guy down is a question I'd like answered.
Did you read the article? He had a coach seat, asked if there was any first class seats, was told no, went down to take his coach seat, and then made his way up to the cockpit. Hate to say it, but this looks like more of the pilots screwing up than the gate agent. What pilot lets an "alleged" foreign pilot get to the point of messing with the cockpit jumpseat? Let alone someone without a CASS verification to show to them. There are so many times where I walk down to talk to the captain, tell them I'm so and so requesting a ride, and they don't check crap. No ID check, not even the jumpseat form. Scary.