Before heading overseas, I greeted jumpseaters in the boarding area. I checked their credentials, took the flight crew copy of their jumpseat pass and told them to enjoy the hospitality and didn't have to check in with us whilst boarding or deplaning. Busy times... don't need nor like interruptions while completing paperwork, FMC programming, checklists, briefings and what not. Couldn't care less if they didn't poke their heads in while deplaning. Perhaps they are preoccupied with issues such as short time at home, connecting flights, or family issues.

Overseas, only company pilots are eligible for the jumpseat. Some would and some wouldn't come in the cockpit to say hey or bye. Same applies for most.... many don't care if jumpseaters come to the cockpit to bestow good tidings or farewells.

I can understand that some may take it as an affront when the crew's greet or farewell is ignored. But at the end of the day, is it the end of the world? Should one take a picture of the "offending" jumpseater, and draw a red circle with a slash on the portrait indicating a ban from their jumpseat? Believe it or not some crewmembers kept a log of jumpseat riders with a check or an X next to their names.

At the end of the day, there are more important issues to deal with on a day to day basis whilst operating a four sector day then getting wrapped around the axle about unfriendly or considered to be rude jumpseaters.