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Old 11-17-2013 | 06:12 AM
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Pilotguy143
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Originally Posted by TBucket
Good for you if you've found someone who will take you. It's the captain's discretion. (As it should be). But I've seen g7 guys told they're not welcome on plenty of airlines.
Tbucket, you seem like a reasonably intelligent person.

While you are within your rights to deny a G7 guy the Jumpseat, there are several issues that arise if you do.

1) most OH to G7 people know your DO and IAD chief better than you do. A quick call to either and expect to hear something from them. Oh, and neither one of them were born yesterday. Pushing and holding the O2 test for 5 minutes is fairly predictable.

2). You never really seem to address this, but there are a significant amount of TSA guys who commute on G7. I personally have 1-2 TSA guys on the Jumpseat per month. I always treat the TSA guys the way I want to be treated. I get them a big bottle of water and make sure they feel welcome. If you really are serious with what you are suggesting, should we deny TSA guys the Jumpseat? I think that would suck for everyone involved. So, do you really want to make sure the TSA pilots don't get home on G7? I personally don't commute, but I'm pretty sure it would really hurt BOTH pilot groups.

Just remember thing work both ways.