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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
A little off the subject and I might have asked this already but if there are priority 3 & 7 jumpseaters going to/from ANC and the operating crew has no plans of using the bunk who does the bunk "belong" to?
I ask because I heard not too long ago a priority 3 FO who was trying to use the bunk was told by a priority 7 "experienced pilot" on the same flight that he'd be using the bunk because he only had 3 hours on the ground in ANC before operating a flight to NRT
and then he added that he was "senior to him!" (The other bunk bed already being used by the other priority 3 captain).
The guy didn't argue especially since he got no backup from his captain (apparently they were friends) but I think that's so uncool of someone to jumpseat into ANC just a few hours before operating a looonmg flight across the pond and on top of that to use that as an excuse to take the bunk from a priority 3 guy.
So who's right?
Captains need to exercise their authority. They need a copy of the jumpseat list in order to rank and file the group:
P3's: choice of seat and bunks.
P7's: in order of jumpseat listing (reward those who took the effort to book early).
Managers get the lav! (j/k)
I repeat, the Capt. needs to make these determinations or delegate the responsibility to the FO. The commute is miserable enough, a bit of civility will make it slightly better.