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Originally Posted by RedeyeAV8r
The thing most non-union pilots forget is that jumpseat privileges are NEGOTIATED. Delta (for example) did not even have access to jumpseats on their own airline until it was negotiated into their contract. And to get it, they had to give something up.
For a jetBlue (or any other non-union) pilot to assume or claim a "right" to a cockpit jumpseat is ludicrous at best. Especially when the degradation of wages and benefits in the entire profession is essentially driven down by the presence of people who work in a non-union shop voluntarily.
I'm still a Delta pilot (furloughee) working at JB. I think your wrong. I think the majority of jetBlue or any other LCC pilots who came from legacy carriers know it is negotiated. I also don't think the majority "claim a right to a jumpseat" I think they like any other airline pilot consider it a courtesy and present and ask the captain for permission to ride whether its in the cabin or Cockpit (CASS).
At any large organization there is always the "tool" who gets it wrong but they are so few and far between that I don't think that is what your referring to in your post. I jumpseat frequently and have never had a problem on AA,UAL,SWA,DAL or the many commuters I travel on.
I think someone in this thread was just trying to stir something up. I really see very little problem out there.