Originally Posted by
mike734
Can you explain why you are so adamant about this POLICY? I've jumpseated on many different airlines both foreign and domestic and have never worried about this policy. Who cares if I drink with dinner? I certainly don't care about the opinion of some ALPA manual writer. I would agree that you should not drink in uniform (although why this is not a problem for military pilots I'll never know) but if you are not in uniform and flying a ling flight to Europe or Asia then why not?
My best Jumpseat flights ever were on TWA and Pan Am across the pond to London. I always got first class and enjoyed the caviar/vodka and wine with dinner. No problem.
What? You say as an additional crew member (ACM) I should be ready to "take over" in case all the pilots are incapacitated or something? Yeah, that's realistic.
Well, do whatever you want then. Personally, I'd never want to be in that position.
But let's just take an example that may or may not have happened. Two guys are JS'ing on an offline carrier, neither in uniform. One guy in first, the other is the physical JS. You ever ride up front in this situation? The FA's come up to serve the meals. The CA asks the FA "how's the other JS'er doing back there". The FA responds with "oh, he's fine. I gave him a beer and he went right to sleep"
That CA is the JS chair for the airline, how pleased do you think he is with that offline JS'er? How well did that JS'er represent his company? If that guy decides to write a letter to the OTHER company's JS rep, what do you think it would say?
Like I said, do whatever you want.