Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
I once had a TransStates Captain deny me the jumpseat for a 2 hour flight very early in the morning. He was a bigger guy, and that cockpit is pretty tight, and he was pretty much like "sorry I don't want anyone up here right now."
I respectfully said "thanks you guys have a nice trip" because it's his absolute right to refuse me a jumpseat for any reason (or no reason at all).
Jumpseating is a courtesy not a privilege.
That could easily start a jumpseat war. I don't think the JS committee would be very happy about that. While it is the captain's discretion, there should be a pretty damn good reason to deny someone. But if it's available, the jumpseater abides by all JS protocol and asks politely if it's okay to catch a ride, if captains willy nilly just deny the JS, that would be very bad for this industry, hence why JS committees exist.