Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
Perhaps they can keep standbys out of your hands, but the Feds say that the Jumpseat is yours. I would still make a cursory check in the boarding area if i were you, since so many agents will ignore our fellow pilots. The plane won’t leave without you, so it behooves the agents to do the right thing.
We have control over who sits in the jumpseat; we do not have control over getting stranded commuters on board. If I go to the gate and they say the flight is closed even though the JS is open, there's no doubt in my mind I'd face disciplinary action if I delayed the flight to try and get a JSer on board.
That's the way it is at Horizon, I'm sure Alaska is more or less the same. It's a joke working here.
The other problem is that our Q400s don't have jet bridges. We often have to hoof it to the terminal which can be a 10 minute trip in PDX/SEA.