Originally Posted by flyallnite

I truly hate to reply to a thread as fraught with controversy as this one is, but has anyone considered that the FA JS is only available to DL pilots *as available* behind DL FA's? I know in most cases that the agent can slide people around, but take JFK for instance... Tons of commuters and always gamesmanship with respect to non rev, JS, etc.. You could give up your cockpit JS, only to be bumped by a FA that is executing a plan B at the last minute, which happens all the time. That's something I would really think about if it's a full boat, which it usually is. In other words, you're asking a pilot to give up a guaranteed seat for one that he could possibly be bumped off by a commuting FA...