United and continental jumpseat priority agreement
with the addition of continental airlines into the star alliance
united in conjunction with continental, and alpa have entered
into an agreement that allows for higher jumpseat priority to
each group of pilots. This agreement will become effective on
october 28, 2009.
This agreement is applicable to mainline operations and does not
include the respective express carrier code share flights. On
continental flights, united pilots will be placed in priority
immediately below continental pilots and above their express
partners. For united flights, continental pilots will be
assigned a j3 classification per the omc category guidlines in
our fom and will place them above all uax pilots. Currently, fom
12.20.11 assigns the j3 category to united interns and requires
a cabin seat assignment as well as a meter of authorization.
Continental pilots will not be required to have a cabin seat
assignment nor the meter authorization for jumpseat access.
With all the procedural changes, there may be issues that arise
during implementation. If a continental pilot is encountering a
problem obtaining an omc on united, please contact the fodm for
assistance. Should you encounter a problem on a continental
flight, please contact your jumpseat committee via phone. As
always, it is imperative to verify the credentials of your
cockpit omc's.