Originally Posted by
SG1159
Just a guess- but I imagine this policy is for your company pilots- not OAL Jumpseaters...
If not, basically goes against ALPA policy, which seems unlikely.
It's under the jumpseat policy, it's for everyone. It does kinda go against the ALPA guidance, but when it came out the point they tried to drive was there was a lot of congestion and distractions in the last ~ 15 minutes prior to departure and it was one method they tried to cut down on it. So regardless of FAs or pilots, as long as they had seats in the back, then they are good to go without having to officially check with the pilots.
The other aspect is how you are "processed" in the system. Like on Delta, I routinely get a jumpseat access cockpit pass on the boarding pass, with a seat assignment written by pen. Somewhere in their system, it probably shows I'm a jumpseater. Whereas at AS, if you're assigned a seat in the back then I won't know through my system that you are a jumpseater. Only when you are officially assigned the jumpseat (1W or 2W) that I officially see it in our iPad system and know that a jumpseater is coming my way.
Originally Posted by
Omniscient
Never have had a crew look at me funny for requesting a ride after the gate agent has given me a seat. Never has a crew looked at me cross eyed with a “why are you here?”
Every single time it has been “ok, welcome aboard”
So I’m not really buying your 50% claim.
I don't jumpseat much but when I do, I'm just saying what I experienced. Only one guy was as direct as that, and said you already have a seat in the back, why you here? The other cases, they aren't rude or giving funny looks, it's a oh you already have a seat in the back, you don't need to stop here kinda thing. Different wording of it.
I always stop by to ask anyway. And I always appreciate when guys stop by to ask as well.