Looks like life is back to normal when we are fighting about the jumpsseat.

Nobody has needed one until recently.

Last year they tried this same thing in MIA. They demanded that AAG pilots had to re-list as a D6UJ and started handing out papers to gate agents informing them of the new procedure that they had decided was being implemented. While I feel for them, there is no brand loyalty for YX pilots. They can fly a flight for any of the three carriers. You cannot fence them off. If you could, then maybe they could give them some sort of perk, but a YX pilot commuting on an ORD-EWR flight isn’t going there to benefit AA in that base so why should they be able to bump off a NK, B6, DL, etc. pilot? YX signed an agreement and they should honor it. Waking up to the gate in MIA and saying to a pilot trying to get home “yeah, I know this is an AA flight and you’re a D2, but because I don’t like the contract my company signed, I am going to let the Spirit guy have the jumpseat. Tell your management if you don’t like it,” won’t buy an ounce of sympathy from us. Ask me how I know. Starting a unilateral action is not going to end well for anyone. Ok

Uhh, “mainline” is a SkyWest joke, even though it’s been transforming to “heavy”, it’s ours, we like it, please do usurp it for a weak forum fight.

I’ll gladly give a Spirit pilot the jumpseat over an Envoy pilot any day, and I’ll smile ear-to-ear while doing it.

Not following written rules because you don’t like the way it makes you feel is not the flex you think it is, captain.

Correct. The answer is to end the reciprocal like we did with United when United decided to change an agreement. Jumpseat not available.

Good god, what did I miss now? I still feel in the dark about the whole skywest/republic/envoy jump seat issues as I have yet to see it happen. This must be an easy coast thing.

AA put the kabash on the earlier plans. FAA was ready to approve.

You seem like a real cool guy to fly with