Originally Posted by
JungleBus
American is only gonna let you on if you have a ZED (ie nonrev pass). To ride as a jumpseater - in the jumpseat OR cabin - there needs to be a reciprocal agreement in place. We have rather few of those at this point, mostly with regional carriers...I had to use Air Canada to get back from Frankfurt this week because we don't have recips with UA, US, DL, or CO.
Was that a ZED fare on Air Canada or did you just have to pay taxes? Anybody know if CPS pilots will get passes to use on NWA for friends/family - and if there's a waiting period for that benefit? If there's going to be a long wait between sim and IOE it would be nice to check out the NWA system.