Even if it's "only" 25 flows a month...yep, nothing to see here folks. Nothing at all.

 

Beats me. I'm not an agent and I'm not a Mesa pilot. I've only witnessed the interaction between agents and Mesa pilots and supposedly there can be some confusion of some sort when listing as AAC. Perhaps when listing as an AAC there's no indication on the priority list that they're JS qualified so they'd rather have it be clear that they can ride the JS as a D6UJ? I'm not sure. Also, non-WO guys have to pay a yearly fee for travel benefits. So I'm sure there are some guys that don't pay for those benefits and just rely on JS'ing when they need to travel. In that case they wouldn't even have the option of listing as AAC. But the priority goes D2P, AAC, D3, D6UJ, D7UJ.

 

Agreed, IF...it's 25/month. There's been talk that we might not see 25/month this summer for various reasons. We'll find out soon enough. While selecting 30+ is most certainly not a bad thing, there are some guys getting all excited thinking that they're going to send that many a month. And then there are certain online company salesmen *cough*, DACUJ, *cough* who are really playing it up acting like they're going above and beyond what the contract requires based solely on the selection numbers. Like I said, while selecting big numbers is most certainly a good thing, any reasonable person knows that all that counts is butts in class. But I agree with your sentiment. If they send 25/month for every PP class, then all is good in the neighborhood as far as I'm concerned. We shall see in the coming weeks.

 

...from my understanding, people would rather list for D6UJ because it's free. if a pilot chooses to list as AAC, there is a fee to use it!

that is what i was told by an agent and skw pilot

 

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you. After you see other airlines' cancellations and our on-time departures/arrival record, you will be thankful you are here.

 

I think as an AAC they're not supposed to take the jumpseat because they only listed for a seat in the back, as opposed to a D6UJ you have the jumpseat if it's open and maybe a seat in the back if there's anything left over.

 

This is correct. It's only $1.50 or so to list AAC (based on my previous experience) but completely free to list at the gate D6UJ.

 

AAC Carrier Nonrev upgrade?

AAC is the non rev (cabin seat only) code for non wholly owned American Eagle. Republic, Skywest, ASA, etc that fly the American Eagle brand fall under this category.

Are they upgradeable? No clue. I'm not sure if myidtravel allows listing in different classes.

But while I'm on this subject....

As a member of the APA national j/s committee, we do run into this a lot: Any non wholly owned pilot who flies the American Eagle brand has a choice to either list for a cabin seat (AAC) or the cockpit jumpseat (D6UJ.) They are not interchangeable, and any AAC pilot who goes up to the agent and asks to be considered for the FDJ absolutely screws over any other airline D6UJ that may already be on the list (because the AAC goes way higher on the priority list.) So that is why the policy exists to either list for the cabin (AAC) or the cockpit j/s (D6UJ) - never both.

Personally, I would just list for the j/s since you never know if a flight will fill up at the last moment and the j/s listing has you covered.

Also, if you are listed for the cockpit j/s on one of my flights, and there are open seats in First, that is where you will sit. :-)
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This has been a question bantered around in class.

How does a pilot for Envoy list for the jumpseat on AA and is there any reason or advantage for doing so? The consensus is you can't. The only way we have to list is through travel planner as a D2, which lists you for the back as jump seat eligible.

 

That is correct.