Originally Posted by
ClappedOut145
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.
Personally, I hope he wouldn’t have given up the jumpseat in order to bump a United pass rider from a cabin seat. That’s the only scenario where the dude would have gotten left behind.