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if the open seat is in the back (beyond the exit row), or a middle seat, I would say that 99% of the folks will choose the jump seat over the others. But that will leave those seats available to the next on the list. If you’re being left behind with seats open- and it’s not weight restricted- then there most likely was a failure in communication with the gate agent.
No I never said I was being left behind on flights with open seats. My original post said full flights. My example scenario would still apply on my metal though. 1 open seat, me and 1 AA pilot and 976 AA FAs listed. I’m taking the seat in the back and the AA pilot gets the jumpseat regardless of whether or not those 976 FAs have a higher boarding priority than the AA pilot. That’s what we were taught to do.