Originally Posted by Race Bannon

This is only partially true and somewhat misleading. At Delta, there is a time "game" to booking a jump seat based on first come first served. However, it is triaged for importance. Going to work? 5 days prior the window opens for booking. Going home from work? 3 days prior the window open up. Non-reving and want a back up jump seat? A day prior the window open up.

So, I like that their system prioritizes work related jump seating over non reving Maybe a cross between both systems could achieve commuter nirvana.

Probably not achievable when some suffer from "We have the greatest system, no changes needed" syndrome.