Originally Posted by
IronOne
Hey guys, am I being a Jumpseat Prick?
I had a United Jumpseater the other day.
After all the passengers were boarded, he comes into the flight deck, shows me a Jumpseat boarding pass.
He tells me the gate agent gave him a seat in the back and he is just letting me know and started to walk back towards the cabin.
He was in uniform but did not have his ID or even had his other documents ready in case I wanted to see them.
I called him back and asked him to at least to show me his ID.
I am a commuter. I ALWAYS introduce myself and ASK the Captain and have my docs ready. Regardless of what the agent says. Especially on other airlines.
When it's one of our own, I'm pretty laxed.
Is it me? Am I old school? Am I too uptight or did that OAL jumpseater should of went about this differently? Am I missing something. Please chime in.
playing devils advocate here, but you're being a little uptight along with a lot of others. Why do you treat OAL jumpseaters different than your own company jumpseaters? Ask yourself this, who is more pleasant to be around, the guy who makes mountains out of molehills or the guy who lets it go?
that being said, yes it is common courtesy to "ask" for a ride