Originally Posted by
Cycle Pilot
The jumpseat issues at Skywest have been going on for years. It's a battle that the jumpseat coordinator has been in for a long time. Unfortunately, I don't work there anymore so I can't contact the Skywest jumpseat coord. The problems are only with Skywest agents... SLC is the worst followed by SFO and LAX. They want to be in 100% control of who walks out to the plane. It's up to the crews to get their butts out of the cockpit and walk inside to see who's there. Nothing will change until flights start getting delayed.
That's one big drawback of the SLC "Y" gate layout - it's not like you can just walk up the jetway to see if anyone's trying to get on, especially if you're parked at one of the far ends.