Originally Posted by
Airsupport
so is the thread title wrong? from what i am reading in all your guys posts is that this was a change that was done on purpose and not a mistake or screw up. so it may be against your agreements with united but they still did it, is that whats going on?
I think the problem is two-fold.
United Express carriers used to use the following priority for the jumpseat: 1) company pilot; 2) Mainline pilot, 3) other United Express pilots based on time of check-in.
United just changed it to be 1) United Pilots; 2) TSA/GoJet pilots, 3) SKW/RAH; 4) Mesa/Colgan. This priority holds for mainline flights as well.
It sucks that they screwed with the priority system at all. I feel that off-line jumpseaters should be time of check in only. United's reservation system, though, goes beyond this...it gives United/TSA/GoJet pilots priority over SKW (and Mesa/RAH/Colgan) on
Skywest's own flights. That's jacked up, and completely contrary to our FOM. But at most United stations, they don't care and just do what the computer tells them.
If you work for a United Express carrier, do your best to check in with the captain when it's your own airline. There's going to be a lot of confusion.