Originally Posted by orvil (Post 1855901)

Respectfully, you are wrong. Every time you give up your deadhead seat, you are discounting the hard work of every pilot who took a stand on working conditions. You are cheating those of us who gave up something else in the contract in order to get cabin deadhead.

You may think you are being a nice guy and your motives are pure. The next time I show up for a deadhead and the agent asks me to ride the jumpseat, I have to be the bad guy when I say no. I've had them ask me. "The pilot on my previous flight did it."

I respect their job. I know they are pushed for time. Many times, they are trying to get revenue on board, not just nonrevs. Suddenly I become the bad guy. It's a hard won privilege to sit in the cabin. It's not my choice. The Company expects me to ride in the cabin.

As a nonrev, I do not expect you to give up your seat in the cabin. I don't expect a pilot to give up the rest seat on international, either. It's the same thing. Give the guys coming behind you a break.

Originally Posted by bluejuice71 (Post 1856180)

Orvil gets it!

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1856241)

Happy Easter! He is risen!

Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 1855936)

Except for the gate agent that is busy and not worried about pilots getting on jumpseats. I've seen it myself - I was sitting in the jumpseat on a 320 in LGA, a line check airman (from another fleet) shows up for the other jumpseat. We got to talking and he said the agent asked him to take the jumpseat instead of his PS seat so some non-revs could get on. About 25 minutes before push, the Captain asked me to run up to the counter to get some paperwork, where I see a DL pilot I know trying to get on the jumpseat on this flight. Agent says, "sorry, both jumpseats are full, it's too late to list you for this flight."

There are many ways that taking the jumpseat instead of a DH seat is bad.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1856241)

Happy Easter! He is risen!

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1856264)

With 25 minutes to go I assume the Captain fixed the issue when you brought it to his attention!

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1856264)

With 25 minutes to go I assume the Captain fixed the issue when you brought it to his attention!