Originally Posted by
ancman
Refusing a qualified jumpseater simply because the captain doesn’t feel like having one on a long flight merely sets the captain up for a carpet dance. It’s no different from booting any other passenger or crewmember off a flight without a valid reason.
Not that I agree with it, but that probably wouldn't be much of a carpet dance. All they'd have to do is pull out the safety card and it would likely stop right there.