Originally Posted by
Pull and Rotate
It has always been my understanding that proper jumpseat etiquette is that the seat is first and foremost for getting TO work. Yes, it's an option for Non-rev but if it's a matter of me being late to meet my friends in Vegas vs someone not making their show time at work, the guy going to work gets the seat. More than once have I given up the seat to someone who is going TO work when I have had priority when non-revving. I would hope to have the favor returned.
My butt has been saved by folks giving up the jump on their own metal so that I, an offline jumper, could make it to work (SWA multiple times and AA once). Very nice of them, and I'll never forget and pay it forward at every opportunity.
But nobody is obligated to do that, and who's to say that somebody going to work is more important that another pilot's personal business? Where do you draw the line? Your own wedding? Brother's wedding? Best friend's wedding? Job interview? How about commuting to military reserve duty?
Don't think you have an entitlement to dictate other people's priorities, assume the published priority, and be pleasantly surprised if somebody does you a solid.