Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

It's always a no for me. If I have positive space, I am sitting in my seat. Taking jumpseat is too complicated to ensure my seat is not used for revenue and to ensure I didn't screw anyone. Trust me agent will screw walk up jumpseater. Once you give up your seat, there's no going back. I have been screwed by pilots doing this on a couple occasions. Most of them probably didn't even know I was there, a female from United did and screwed me with a smile on her face while wearing blue jeans.

I'm hesitant to commit to a flight attendant jumpseat for the same reasons. I always tell agent when they ask me to switch from pilot to FA jumpseat to get another pilot on that my answer is to keep me in the pilot jumpseat for now and we'll talk about it closer to door close. I commute out of a heavily commuted city though where there's a flight every hour so there's always last minute walk-ups.