Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Jumpseating is not contractual. It is an agreement between airlines. There are many places that don't have unions that have JS privileges. It has nothing to do with union negotiations. My union can negotiate with the airline all they want but they can't force XJT, SKW, SWA, UPS etc. to give us a ride. It's purely scratching each other's backs. CASS was made by FedEx not a union.
Sort of, JS'ing was negotiated by OUR unions long before ANY of US ever set foot in an airplane. It had NOTHING to do with the individual airlines. Even if an airline doesn't have a union, who do you thing gets that benefit for the pilots? Do you think it's the company doing it out of the kindness of their hearts?
And if I'm not mistaken, It was UPS, AA, and Alaska that were the pioneering airlines of CASS.