Originally Posted by
notEnuf
How would the gate agent respond to an FO saying "put them on or else" because the captain will probably need to enforce that.
FO tells gate agent, "The Captain sent me out here to see if you got all the non-revs and jumpseaters on, because he said we're not leaving without them unless every seat is filled, including all FA and cockpit jumpseats."
Is that so hard?
FOs still outrank gate agents last time I checked.