I once was jumpseating from Tampa to BWI on MetroJet, back when I was a lowly 1900 guy from AirMidwest. I'm in the jumpseat, and the Captain reluctantly takes me on. He decides ON THE TAXI OUT that I can't come. We pull into the blocks, he gets out his FOM, procedes to find where it says I can go. Me and the FO try the best we can to prove to him its ok. I'm in a USAir Express uniform, mind you, with USAir Express on my ID. He tools in the block for 15 minutes, both engines running, before pulling the trigger. What a doosh.

Never had a problem with the westies, great bunch of guys.