Originally Posted by
Falcon20
Its not that as I'm sure you are aware. Load control will manually remove the jump seat weight to allow a paying passenger to board if it isn't occupied. I had the jump seat and they paid people to get off the jet but I was protected.
They don’t manually remove the jumpseat weight anymore. The jumpseat weight is no longer part of the basic operating weight of the aircraft as it used to be. They removed it when the FAA increased pax weight a couple of years back. If a Delta JSer is listed, load control accounts for the weight.