So I guess you are just glossing over what TSA’s as you so eloquently put it back stabbing there fellow ALPA airline American Eagle in the back. Seems like the conscious is that once your company has a stain on there reputation it never goes away. There has got to be a period at which you have to say, it is what it is. Your going to get an ulcer if you keep wallowing in this.

Look at Southwest. When they started out they were condemned as bottom feeders. They were going to ruin the industry! American and I think Branif actively tried to wipe them out. More recently American tied desperately to prevent the repeal of the Wright amendment. I have never heard of a American pilot having problems jumpseating on Southwest or vise versa. They seem to realize that they are in no more control of there own companies actions than I am of the weather. So why take it out on your fellow pilots?

The point being almost all companies in there past have done things that might not be totally ethical. American Eagle was 5 separate companies, merging them into one did not work out as well as people hoped. Look at Sky West flying 70 seaters for 50 seat pay for a time. I’m sure that people can come up with many more examples.

Oh and speaking of jump seats. There is nothing in the jump seat agreements about denying seats because you don’t like something about that person, or where they work. If we are going to go that route why stop just at companies we don’t like? Lets go all the way here.

Political affiliation: the next election is going to be very important, and if that jump seater is not going to vote the right way well just boot him/her off.
Maybe we don’t guns in the cockpit, boot the FFDO’s off.
How about the people who are nearing age 60 but are going to work till 65. These people are screwing up my movement to a major, lets boot them off also.
And then the standbys, race, religion and gender.

It’s kind of a slippery slope here, especially when most companies out there are not totally squeaky clean. A little digging can bring up dirt on most companies out there.

Nobody after being denied a jump seat will suddenly say “oh I work for an undesirable company” and quit. All you are really doing hurting the commuters, jeopardizing your jump seat agreements and frankly being rather petty punishing someone for the choice of employment. If that is your thing I at least hope that you are wearing a black shirt with the white skull on it, and hence forth we can just call you the jump seat punisher.