Originally Posted by freezingflyboy
I was confused too, Ive had to ride in the cockpit a couple times and let me tell you, 4 hours feels like 8 on that cockpit jumpseat. At least cockpit crews always bring good magazines er company manuals

Got to divert once though and that was cool to watch a crew work in a situation like that from the standpoint of an observer.
Sorry if I am misinformed, I havent tried to hitchike since the CASS system was available, I always got sick of not knowing if I was going or not.