Do Delta pilots ever volunteer to sit in the FA jumpseat to get an offline pilot home?

I feel like I do that a lot at 9E but every time I’m waiting next to the gate for a Delta flight in uniform on a full flight and praying people don’t show up I see a Delta pilot who listed online blow by and not even make eye contact.

I know it’s not ideal but a flight from NYC to Bos isn’t really that long to help a commutter out.

Yes.

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Yup. Anytime I get to the gate and see if the flights full I ask if there's an offline JSer. If so, I gladly offer to take the FA JS to get them on board.

Yep, some birds are better than others of course. I've done it but being the aft lav attendant on the MD series is about much fun as it sounds :D Strike up a conversation if you can, never hurts to get the discussion going so we know you're there, gate agents don't always understand multiple jumpseats or have the time to care.

Yes. And if I see a full flight with an off line jumpseater, I arrange for the Delta pilot to use the FA Jumpseat (if available). Almost every Delta pilot has been very understanding. And the one that wasn’t, I finally told him to stop arguing as we don’t leave people.

I always ask and say that I'm willing to sit in the FA jumpseat if it gets someone else on.

As far as the eye contact thing, they may be tired and not even see you. Engage and you may be surprised with the results.

I had a regional friend tell me about our supposed reputation for not making eye contact walking through the halls. I'm a friendly guy, and I always say hi or smile and wave and never gave it a second thought.... so I paid attention my next trip as to my contact with other pilots. I was 0 for 6 with any regional guys responding to my smile and nod or even wave at them. Goes both ways....

Maybe they thought you were selling Amway.

LOL, same here. When I was an RJ guy I remember getting snubbed by 4 DL guys in a row standing in the coffee line at O'hare. Does make you wonder sometimes. Decided if I made it here I'd try to change that image so I keep up my friendly nods/waves/smiles as I always have.

See, I have the male equivalent of resting b*tch face, the RJ guys are the only people in the airport who will actually say hi to me. Probably because most of the time I look like I've just flown an RJ trip (which is likely true).