"BTW, for those that don't know, once it's determined that the flight is weight restricted, ops will not approve a jumpseater for any reason. Even if it can be determined later that weight will allow it."

I can't fix Envoy, but when y'all flow, leave that "lesson learned" and any trepidation about adding fuel behind. It ain't like that at mainline, no one is going to say "boo" about adding fuel, and with very rare and easily dealt with exceptions, everyone will gladly do what ever you can think of to ease any weight restrictions in order to get butts in seats. Jumpseats and nonrevs included. All ya' gotta' do is ask, and have a plan, and let 'em know what you want.

Same idea goes for training, dealing with crew schedule to a large degree, dealing with the flight office, etc., from what I have heard and seen.