Originally Posted by Lambourne

If you show up for a UA Jumpseat and were denied for another legacy carrier pilot I suspect you and the other posters creating their own boarding system for nonrevs would cry foul and create a scene. You would be the higher priority and yet you were denied boarding. Hightly suspect you wouldn't go quietly. However, when you decide to start creating policy you have no issue with stepping outside of the system. It is logic and thinking like this as to why you are still flying an RJ in the largest hiring spree since 9/11.

Vacation passes are a limited quantity. They compete on seniority across all vacation pass holders. If the express person is senior then they would go first.

I really wouldn't get so spun up about this issue. You will most likely be replaced in 4-5 years when UA rebids the express contract and the next lowest bidder steps up to the plate. You get replaced the new company gets your planes and you get to start over again. That does throw a wrench into you getting senior to compete for a vacation pass though......

If you don't like the UA boarding priority system take it up with your company. Don't screw the people that are only using the system. That is really childish and speaks of a very insecure person with a RJ for life career path.