I will give the JS by seniority crowd a point. Many of us at US couldn't understand why someone would give up a know seat for seniority. Guys would say "What if your trip gets screwed up and you have to change rides home?" Many of us asked "How often does that happen to give up a known seat?" Well, we've learned that it happens a lot with AA. We just didn't understand the depth of reschedule here. At LUS, we just didn't get rescheduled as much.

I was LUS and preferred that system the most but Parker made his decision. First come first serve...

True, but thanks to TW we lost the weight protection for the jumpseater!

Most LAA guys will just shrug it off and tell you that they never had it anyway...

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A recently retired manager told me that Isom was amazed that we let the weight protection of our former jumpseat agreement slip through our hands by arguing over the reservation system. They were willing to sign on to the LUS system.

Yeah, but you are missing the point. It was DOH, what many don't want here.

What was DOH? The non rev system? How am I missing that point? Parker said DOH as a non rev system was a non-starter.

Never mind.

What’s your source on that? I’ve only heard Parker say that about retiree travel. He could care less about Jumpseat as that’s many many management levels below him. Doubt he even knows or cares. Reference every crew news ever.

That guy needs to go!

Last gossip I heard is that he wants to run for APA president.

Remember, he is the one (if my memory serves me right) that sued APA because of electronic voting. The reason or thought behind this is that the old timers will take the time to paper vote whereas the millennials won't bother with it.