Originally Posted by
krudawg
The problem is that the boarding pass for the cabin shows company seniority. I don't believe the jumpseat pass shows "Pilot Seniority" I believe that is where the problem arose. This event actually happened and the Captain allowed the pilot with the "company date of hire" to ride over the more senior PILOT Seniority number. Both the Captain and the F/O were looking for answers for guidance in the UPA and the FOM and could not find guidance. The argument from the more senior Pilot with the more senior PILOT Seniority is that it is a PILOT Jumpseat and that Pilot Seniority should take precedence. The Captain through his arms up in the air and gave the less senior pilot seniority the Jumpseat (but the pilot had a more senior COMPANY seniority) "I can't find any written guidance "so I am defaulting to the more senior pilot with COMPANY seniority."
I am posting this situation NOT for opinions but am soliciting for facts with written guidance - I may be faced with this dilemma one day.
I'm confused. The JS card has you PILOT seniority number on it in bold font updated monthly, and that's a fact. It should be fairly simple, there should be no searching, the big bold number is right in the middle of the card. I can't believe a CA, or a crew for that matter would be that dense. Iv never had an issue.
The JS program in the computer goes by Pilot Seniority ONLY. The pass rider SA1 is where it gets tricky because that's based off of COMPANY seniority. There is no seniority number on a SA1 ticket just a year of hire.