Originally Posted by
Flyer2000
first the jumpseat is "owned" by the FAA. next comes the company ownership, if they want to give the captain ALL authority then that is up to them, but that was a company decision. At skywest management wants a reciprocal agreement before it goes to the third in line.......the captain.
I know at union carriers the jumpseat is something that is negotiated between the company and the union. I would guess this is why probably most of them allow even non-reciprocal or non-CASS people to jumpseat although at the lowest priority.
Originally Posted by
Flyer2000
If you do not have an agreement with that carrier the agents can input your two letter code all day long and it will not recognize it...So just because you are a CASS airline does not mean you can automatically jumpseat in the cockpit of any CASS carrier.
From personal experience, I don't think that is true. I've always seen people that are in CASS be able to jumpseat regardless of whether we had a reciprical agreement with them.