Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
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.
Make sure you do take it if no FAs are wanting it. Don't screw other pilots out of their commute!