Originally Posted by
CJC1024
It all seems pretty silly to me. I currently work for a 135 operator with CASS and ride in the back of DL flights every week. Why can't they just list you for the JS through CASS and put you in the back if there's a seat open? As soon as they put in OO to look for you in CASS does it just flash a huge frowny face on the screen??
Normally that's how it should work.
For some unknown reason to us it doesn't work like that.
The pilots who have had issues with Delta jumpseats are:
A) CRJ guys who have not paid for Delta non rev benefits. They are denied a cabin seat when listing for the jumpseat, as CCB stated above, because Delta's computer system requires a Delta PPR number to be assigned to a cabin seat. They can still sit in the cockpit but if the flight is less than full you will be bumped since they will not allow you to sit in the cabin without a PPR number. The only way to get a PPR number is to pay into the delta benefits. The notion you should have to pay into non rev benefits in order to be able to jumpseat is absurd.
B) ERJ pilots
These guys cannot jumpseat AT ALL-cabin or cockpit. They do not have the option to pay for Delta non rev benefits since the E175 does not operate under DCI at OO. From my understanding this is a separate glitch in Delta's computer system. It would be the equivalent of them denying an American Airlines pilot the jumpseat because of a computer glitch. Except they are denying pilots with a carrier that operates under Delta Connection the jumpseat. If this glitch was fixed then I would imagine the same issue that applies to CRJ pilots above would apply here.
Both issues are silly, and easy to fix. Our people department and SAPA have been calling Delta informing them it is a high priority for us (which apparently does loads of good.........). Deltas response is "we are working on it." The CrJ issue has been going on for five years. The ejet issue is new since it's been on property. It's obvious no one at Delta cares.