Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
Agreed on the first paragraph.
second paragraph maybe you missed it but the OP said he was a ticketed passenger. I see Netjets UPS and FedEx guys doing this often. This is why nobody should be calling a uniform or a crew bag passenger out for not "checking in". Some people just make this job harder than it's needs to be. It seems to revolve around the god like captain types.
Maybe I wrote poorly, but that's not what I said at all. FWIW, my second paragraph didn't apply to the OP in any way - it was only germane to the resulting discussion.
Let me try the second part another way.
Unless you are have a Jumpseat boarding pass (P1, P2, FA1, FA2...), not only is "checking in" absolutely
not ever required, personally I'd prefer you don't. Only
if you do have a JS boarding pass, I personally think you should stop by (with your licence/medical at the ready), at least tell me you are here, and preferably give me the courtesy of pretending to ask permission. I get that part is contrary to some here, and that's fine. But that my 2 cents.