Jumpseat Confusion
Ok can someone please enlighten me on all these J/S changes I am hearing about? Let’s say I am a Continental pilot and I want to J/S on United and there are 50 seats open in back. I cannot get on unless I pay a fee? I've heard people saying Delta is this way also. So if I am an offline pilot (again lets say for CAL) and I want to J/S on a Delta (NW) flight and there are 30 seats in the back, do I also have to pay a fee? I'm just confused because it’s always been pilots can jumpseat on whomever for free and now it seems that this is changing? I've J/S on a million United and Delta (NW) flights and never had to pay a dime. Is this all different now?