Originally Posted by
Cessnadriver
Anyone know if you need a passport with you to jumpseat on other airlines if you are not sitting in the cockpit jumpseat? Is a passport number ok or do you need to have the passport with you? Is this something that varies from airline to airline?
You must have a passport and you must have it on your person. To give you an idea I was going to jumpseat on southwest, sit in the back, when they asked for my passport. It was shortly after my truck had been broken into and was robbed. I had a new passport but different number. They wouldn't let me on the aircraft because the numbers didn't match even though my airline ID was valid, had a current valid passport, current DL, was in uniform, was current in CASS, and CASS had my picture up proving it was me even further. This was the only instance in which I was ever actually checked for it. However it is required.