Originally Posted by DANCRJ

Hey, guys, a question for Acey guys here, what's your policy for listing J/S when the flight is weight critical? Let me explain what happened to me

I show up at an outstation and try to list for the jumpseat. The gate agent tells me he won't list me for the jumpseat because the flight is weight critical. I was very polite and asked him if I could just list and then last minute maybe the numbers would work. He said NO ! I ask if I could talk to the CA and he said NO because the CA already was down in the airplane.
I don't know about you guys, but in PNCL we let as many non-revers and J/S to list in a wt. critical flight, and then las minute when we have the final cargo and pax load we give the numbers a last look and decide. Many times too, we "play" with those numbers..... "no one left behind policy". What really bothered me was not even being able to give it a shot. Just because dispatch sends the paperwork with the note "weight critical" doesn't mean we won't take non-revers or J/S, well at least in PNCL.

Some facts
- it was a CRJ2
- there were some 4 open seats
- Apparentely they had a precautionary alternate for ATL (landing weight is the problem with the X Fuel)
- There is no limit for the T/O Weight at this airport (unless MELs maybe)
- No pax were left behind

I understand that J/S is a privilege, and I'm always thankfull, but it's a little frustrating when you know that something else could have been done.....