Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
The latter is true, the seat was yours.
We don’t move for revenue passengers because that could screw over a commuter.
You moved to help a non rev who doesn’t have jumpseat access, and as long as that doesn’t displace a jumpseater that is entirely your choice.
In your case the move you made was a gentlemanly action, but I think his poorly made point was the gate agent and her family should be grateful not pushy, and the captains involvement should have been limited to approving a jumpseat and verifying no other commuter needed it, not pressuring you.
this is the point. It doesn’t matter who you think you might be helping if you are unknowingly or knowingly taking the jumpseat from another pilot. You may have gotten a nonrev on by taking the jumpseat but a fellow off line pilot was at the bottom of that list and would’ve gotten the jumpseat if you hadn’t taken it. That goes for pos space and ronreving.