Originally Posted by
Servant Leader
You guys need to get control of your f-ing jumpseat or your pilots are going to start getting left at the gate. This "payload optimization" is bullsh-t, and the fact that it only applies to offline pilots is a slap in the face to your union bretheren.
You might as well go back to the days when mother Delta didn't even allow jumpseaters (yes, I am that old).
Grow a set and refuse to drop the brake until the pilot needing a ride is on your plane; I have.
Wait until you miss a flight due to flight attendant turbulence safety seats. They literally block passenger seats from non-rev use so the flight attendants have safety seats available to sit in during turbulence. Of course paying passengers are allowed to occupy these seats so better hope if they are really needed, the flight isn’t completely full of paying passengers.
To me the above is more infuriating than payload optimization. It’s punishing employees. If those seats really are needed for safety, no one should sit in them.