Originally Posted by
John Pennekamp
I'm talking about Delta not letting us jumpseat in the cabin unless we've paid our annual fee ($220).
Originally Posted by
waflyboy
If it were up to the pilots, I'm sure most would allow as many jumpseaters as there are open seats. However, I'm betting United gate agents will play "gatekeeper" to enforce the new policy. (Much like DAL gate agents prevent us - Skywest - from jumpseating unless we've paid their annual fees.)
FYI- both ASA and Skywest have unlimited jumpseat agreements with Delta. If you are an ASA or Skywest pilot (or any Delta Connection pilot) and the gate agent is refusing you access to a jumpseat on Delta (cabin or flightdeck) you need to first talk to the PIC of the Delta flight.
If the PIC can't be reached, or doesn't have the 'stuff' to tell the gate agent that the PIC is the one who grants jumpseat access, not the gate agent, you need to contact your jumpseat committee chairman.
The fee on Delta is for
non-revenue travel. A pilot also has the ability to
jumpseat. Different agreement, different rules, and the inability to non-rev doesn't preclude a pilot's ability to jumpseat, be it in the cabin or the flightdeck. Yes, it's complicated by the way Delta Connection pilots are usually listed (they're on-line, not off-line, which is using CASS), and it's really probably worth the fee just to avoid the hassle of an ignorant gate agent, but, by the principle of it, the fee is not required to jumpseat.
If you don't understand this (especially if you're a Captain, so its your job to grant jumpseat access on your own aircraft) please contact your jumpseat committee.
Sorry for the thread creep. Back to the thought of United's unlimited domestic jumpseat policy changing.