Originally Posted by
tinman1
I was told to wait until we got our crew badges to jumpseat. I'm not sure at what point you get put into CASS but I know of a couple of guys who chanced it and got on without having a crew badge.
I didn't do it though because we were specifically told not to and I didn't want my name running across the chief pilot's desk as a new hire.
This. A friend of mine now in training rolled the dice the weekend before his oral and wound up having to buy a ticket back to PHX. Don't do it, boys and girls. Kiss the wife and kids goodbye til you're done with training, period.