Originally Posted by KnockKnock

So you’re saying the gate agent should just usurp the CA’s authority and put jumpseaters on without asking? They’re asking you because it’s the chain of command and the seat belongs to the CA not because he/she assumes you drive to work and don’t want to be uncomfortable, as you so fancifully pulled out of your ***. I (we) get asked at every station throughout the system....yes....even SFO, by....you guessed it, former VX gate agents. Why on earth would you say such dumb, inflammatory, nonsense that AS pilots systematically refuse jumpseats due to the fact they live in base? You got proof to back that trash up? I used to think you had half a brain but now understand why other VXers called you out on OUR forum.