Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Show me a gate agent that’s read the FOM. Show me the percentage of captains that know this and/or care enough to enforce it.
Gate Agents are not responsible for knowing the FOM, it’s not their manual. Their manual, the SOM, spells out jumpseat priorities and procedure. I had to personally reference this for an agent one time when a fellow Spirit pilot tried to snag the jump from me by claiming because he filled out the jump seat form first, the jumpseat was his, even though I listed online 72 hours prior.