Originally Posted by
rickair7777
When I did work for a union airline, union status was never a factor in jumpseating. On the off chance that you were going to deny a jumpseat it would because of the individual's own behavior (scab, alter-ego, obnoxiousness, etc).
Also you are not supposed to deny a jumpseat based on competetive business situations, ie aloha should take Go! jumpseaters and vice versa. The business conflict in question there does not directly involve the pilots...but gojets is a different story.
thanks for the clarification rick, i was just curious since I remember reading on a previous post from a guy saying that he would never let a non union jumpseat on his aircraft. He sounded to me like a guy that needed to be "re-educated" in a parking lot some day. I just dont want to get denied because the opportunity i have doesnt happened to be backed by a union. I am not against unions (dad is a teamster), but I think at times they have a way of taking our profession down the wrong route (unreasonable contracts at time, under representation at other times)