Originally Posted by
nene
I totally agree, and it's like using the unused crew rest facilities (which was finally approved), it may take just a bit of effort by the company. I suspect that the FAA may say "if they are trained on those types of doors, they can occupy the seat" which is why I suspect were trained on every type of door in the fleet when we do door training during CQ.
There is no requirement to be trained on the doors. In fact there is no requirement to even man the doors if they auto deploy the slide when the door is opened. Some airlines have even allowed any employee to occupy a FA jump seat. Jet blue had that policy in place for many years. They would also allow other airline crew members including pilots on their FA jumpseat. That ended when a Delta flight attendant sued jet blue over not being boarded.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/loca...dress/1856685/
Before you say she should have sued over the issue the real story was she showed up wearing jeans. When a seat in the back was unavailable she asked for the FA jumpseat however JetBlue required business casual dress to ride the jumpseat. A Delta flight attendant junior to her was given the seat and not only did she complain about the dress code but stated JetBlue had to board by seniority as that was Delta’s policy. JetBlue was first come first serve.