Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Could be like the program Delta has for offline FA jumpseating. Any OAL FA can "jumpseat," but they are actually on an ID00. They are not allowed to occupy the actual js, there has to be an open seat, but it costs them nothing. They also don't have to check-in with the captain, because they are listed as non-revs, not XCMs.
Delta cracks me up! I was trying to get home on a flight a while back and got stuck in ATL (which seems to always happen). It was a full flight and I listed for the JS. A DAL captain showed up 10 minutes before the flight and listed as a JS. The gate agent told me that he took the JS (which is fine because he is DAL and I am Comair). He also stated that there is an extra FA JS in the 757 that was open, but that Comair does not have a FA JS agreement with DAL (because we have no extra JS) and I could not ride in that seat, but the DAL captain could (if he chose to). Funny how I can sit up front, but not in back! Anyway, the DAL captain overheard the conversation and never offered to ride in the FA seat so that I could ride up front and get home (it was only a 1 hour flight), instead he smiled and waved "Bye bye" as he headed down the jetbridge. I had to get a hotel room and wound up getting home at 2pm the following day.