Originally Posted by Imapylot

I understand that seniority and boarding priority are not the same thing. I should have have said boarding priority, not seniority. And I now know that your FOM language makes the situation much more confusing than it needs to be. But why does the jumpseater ever even need to be a “jumpseat occupant” if their boarding priority or seniority or whatever we want to call it can have them sitting in the back when more than one pilot is listed for the jumpseat?