Originally Posted by
Zenbio
Line 1 is right but after that it depends on who you are flying and who you work for.
For example Jumpseats on UAL goes UAL Pilots first then UAX Pilots. K1 K2 K3 H priority and if there are two K1's it goes by First Come or time stamp on the jump seat card you get.
I believe the only pilots that are K1 is Trans States and GoJet because they only fly for United and also they have a deal with UAL to give them priority first after their own pilots on their metal, Masa is K2 and Shuttle is H.
There is a Card out there that explains it all alot better. If I get a chance I will upload it.
I was unaware that UAX pilots had K1 K2..etc. Interesting...I just got one of the forms out from my stash and it only lists the UAX carriers with no spot for mainline UAL metal...Also there is no spot for Expressjet or ASA metal either so wonder if they are gonna revise the form soon? Pretty much all gates that have UAX flights will have a copy of this from taped to the desk so that gate agents can look at it.
Main thing with UAX especially in IAD is try to talk the the crew!!!! The gate agents for the most part (there are a few exceptions) are horrible. Air Whiskey ops likes to make up weight restrictions out of the blue and they are usually off by 3 or so people. They would rather be ontime than risk being overweight so the crew is not usually notified of the weight restriction and usually doesn't know that people (both rev and non-rev) are being left behind. The past few months has this situation has started to happend less frequently, but its still pretty much an everyday occurance.