Originally Posted by
lake
LIke I said typical Delta pilot attitude. I will and do go out of my way to make sure all jumpseaters and non-revs get on board. Maybe someday your family will appreciate it.
Nah, that attitude represents a very small minority of our pilots. Delta has the fewest pilot bases of the big 4, and quite likely the highest commuter rate of the big 4. Plenty of Delta pilots, myself included, rely on other carriers often to jumpseat to/from work. I recognize the importance of the jumpseat and do everything in my power to get jumpseaters and non-revs on.
That said, I would never bump a paying passenger to accommodate a jumpseater or non-rev. I’ve done just about everything else, short of that extreme, to accommodate jumpseaters and non-revs.