HDG LO IAS

Gentlemen:

I used to work for a FedEx Feeder and for an ACMI company and jumpseated with you many times. Thanks to all the crews, and the many times I was invited to jumpseat in the cockpit.

I now work for another ACMI and I called the FedEx jumpseat office in MEM to set up my new profile. I explained to the lady I wanted to update my profile and asked her if my new company needed a reciprocal agreement with FedEx. She said "Yes". I did not ask her to continue with the profile because I did not know if we had an agreement, even if we are on CASS.

Later I went to the ALPA jumpseat info website and found this:

"The off line jumpseat (OJS) is available to authorized participants in CASS, and presently limited to DOMESTIC operations (CONUS+AK and HI). OJS travel is restricted to personal use. A reservation may be requested between 24 hours in advance; and no later than 1 hour prior to scheduled flight departure time. You must check-in one hour prior to departure. There is no walk-up jumpseat availability inside the one hour cutoff and ramp access will be denied without a reservation. The offline jumpseat reservation number is available 24/7: 866-357-5711. It is imperative you please cancel any reservation you do not intend to use in a timely manner. Clean, neat, casual attire, including jeans is allowed: no shorts, T-shirts, or spiked heels. The number of jumpseats available varies by airplane size—four on the B757 and as many as eight on the A300. Prior to travel please review the full details of our policy (OJS Guidlines) by following the link and selecting “instructions for offline jumpseaters on FedEx.” Although a reservation is scheduled, the pilot in command is the final and full authority in granting access, and seat assignment."

There is no Agreement mentioned in the above info.

Do you know if an ACMI company pilot on CASS can Jumpseat with you without going through the process of Agreements? With my new company the Dispatchers look only if you are on CASS and can travel, no questions asked.

Thx

BlueMoon

What Company? Maybe someone has had one of your guys on the JS before and can better answer it.

Tokyo

You called the jumpseat desk and they told you a reciprocal agreement was required between Fedex and your carrier. That is correct. Just having CASS is not enough unfortunately.

HDG LO IAS

Thank you.