Originally Posted by
xjtguy
I remember that. However, there was brief period of time when UAL STILL had the "only as many JS riders allowed as seats installed" that almost every other legacy did at the time.
So for an offline guy it could suck. UAL pilot doesn't want to pay to ride, and that's fine, so he OMC's. Offline pilot shows up for an OMC and gets denied because that single JS 757 with 30-40-50 open seats already has an OMC.
It was a minority of the time that a CA would waive it, that's assuming the offline pilot could ACTUALLY get past the agent and down to the cockpit to talk to the CA.
Thank god it went unlimited.
When I was at Mesaba during years 05 - 06ish NortLeaving nowhwest tried this as well. If I remember correctly, there was a cutoff point where some of the senior people were grandfathered in and didn't have to pay it. Makes sense right? Make the $22.00 an hour guy pay it