I knew never to leave anyone behind, and in my side of the business we are getting undercut and underbid by every company in the book. You my friend write "procedural guidelines and legalities" as a way to cover up the fact that you basically no idea.

Don't play expert on guidelines and procedures that you do not know. What you are going to tell me that you know SABRE better than people who are trained to use it every day? And that you know procedures from other departments which you've never worked? Sure. You as a captain bottom line cannot deny a non-rev a seat in the back. What are you going to do? Write up a seat? We know that trick well sir, we will call MX to fix it don't worry.

Or are you going to trick SABRE with priorities? You're smart enough to do that?

You will need a jump seat one day, and a PSA pilot will give it to you, just like a MESA , Air Wisconsin , or Republic will.