Originally Posted by
OCCP
I continue to have issues with gate agents. Today I was told a Jumseater cannot pre board even when approved for the flight deck, because business select passengers pay for the opportunity. Basically the gate agent told me to pre board and the ops agent flipped out. The captain stayed neutral and said he didn't know what the rule was.
It shouldn't be this complicated
A jumpseater is in fact allowed to pre-board if they are approved for the cockpit. A general rule of thumb is to take a seat aft of the exit rows (not in the exit row because no pre-board passengers are allowed to sit in the exit rows). The ops agent was wrong on this one but it is usually is easier to not point that out and go along to get along.