Originally Posted by
SkyHighHobo
Their airline had a flight leaving shortly after this flight. It was oversold. They could have been on it positive space, but chose to go offline to preserve revenue and jumseats for pilots of their airline.
To my understanding, if they had a positive space seat, and elected to take the jump seat to accommodate revenue passengers, then the seat should have gone to you. The jump seat is intended for off duty commuting and pleasure travel by pilots who
Do Not have a seat in the back.
I have been asked to sit in the jump seat as a deadheading crewmember before, and I always tell them it is entirely up to the captain, and only if there is not another crew member trying to get on. I guess I don't know the whole situation, but you can try talking to your jump seat coordinator and they would have a better idea.