It is from one of the links inbedded in the contract to further "splain" stuff. In this section:

Contract Administration
Section 26.J. General - Jumpseats


I think it is still valid info otherwise the little link wouldn't be there. I believe there has been many interpretations on this issue and most of them have been off - including emails from mis-informed ACPs. This is the last FCIF covering the topic and the link is still in the contract.

Normally this isn't an issue and I really could care less how you book your seat, until you bump me as a stager and you book business at a later date.

Goose17

You do not bump a person who is staging flying business. Business is a good deal for us so use it and don't complain. It has been ok'ed until enough of our "own" belly-ache about it.

OK, another issue that needs clearing up - The less than $25 not requiring a receipt is only for deviation expenses. Internet in your hotel room is not a deviation expense and is not covered by the CBA. The company can require anything they want in terms of receipts/documentation for any expense you are claiming that is not covered by the CBA. The JL FCIF was so we don't have to have a receipt for all internet charges.

And where are you going to reference the contract PFC or ALPA? If it is from PFC - refer to my previous post.

And just to reiterate what has already been said many times - a "business" reservation does not bump a "staging" reservation!

Not entirely true. In the event seats are lost, i.e. MD-10 with 7 seats goes to MD-10 with 5 seats, the business reservation has priority over the staging reservation. When the reservation was made does not matter like it would if only stagers were being bumped. You are correct that when making initial reservations, business cannot bump staging to get on the flight.

Yes, we live by folklore! And it always seems to be the kind of folklore that is to our disadvantage.

I would like to see the "staging" terminology either replaced with "business" or just make it the exact same priority as business. So anyone bumped will be bumped in reverse booking order. Still apply the no harm / no foul rule.

I've never had to use the NHNF rule, but I've been bumped as a stager when the seat is lost for training or aircraft swap. In both cases, anyone booking business after me didn't get bumped. Now I book business.