Originally Posted by
tupues
but in the end you still only get one seat. You’re just listed twice. So it’s not his decision but only a matter of how many seats there are in total including the JS. It’s not like they will keep the JS vacant and not offer it to anyone else if he opts to go and sit in the back.
seems like BS to me and as though he made himself look more important than he was.
Seems like he looked at the lists and said “my girlfriend and I are going to get seats in the back. I can take the jumpseat and get the next person on the standby list on, or I can take the cabin seat and leave the jumpseat alone so that a lower priority pilot can get on.” I think you’re probably being a little too sensitive about your position in this. He could have easily taken the JS and left you behind, but he did what a good ALPA pilot does and looked out for his fellow pilot first before he acted.