Commuting from Canada to US
11-16-2017, 08:11 AM
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Commuting from Canada to US
I'm wondering if anyone is commuting from Canada to fly for a US airline. I'm planning to live in Ottawa Canada and fly for a regional based out the east coast. I'm a US citizen and my wife is Canadian. There are a lot of direct flights leaving from Ottawa to ORD, PHL, EWR, etc. I was wondering if the commuting policy was the same as if I was commuting from a US city. Can I jump seat? Can I just hop on any open flight as long as there is room either Canadian or US airline. I'm coming from the US military and this will be my first time working for the airlines and commuting so I'm new to the whole commuting process.
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11-19-2017, 10:22 AM
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Well, it's usually easiest to pass ride or jump seat with your own company. One should look that way 1st.
With 'international' jumpseating, the rules are usually more restrictive about riding in the cockpit, 'off-line' pilot. With many you may very well need that seat in back, offline.
I have known(mostly F/As) that have commuted to a fairly distant, foreign country. One may have to bunch up a few trips at times, then save going home for the larger blocks of time off.
Most can do almost anything for a year or two. As time goes on one may get used to it or come up with a new plan.
If any foreign country commuting would work, Canada to the USA should be on the easier side.
With 'international' jumpseating, the rules are usually more restrictive about riding in the cockpit, 'off-line' pilot. With many you may very well need that seat in back, offline.
I have known(mostly F/As) that have commuted to a fairly distant, foreign country. One may have to bunch up a few trips at times, then save going home for the larger blocks of time off.
Most can do almost anything for a year or two. As time goes on one may get used to it or come up with a new plan.
If any foreign country commuting would work, Canada to the USA should be on the easier side.
11-19-2017, 12:48 PM
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Yes it's possible. Make your reservation, check in at the ticket counter (early) and tell them what you want to do. Actual jumpseat will most likely not be available. You will have to pay the airports departure tax. You will want Global entry or Nexus, I've heard the Canadian one is a better but have no first hand experience with it.
11-20-2017, 09:20 PM
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You can maybe be able to sit in the actual jumpseat on your own company aircraft. Depends on company and the station operations knowing the process. Can’t say about Ottawa specifically.
If you can list as a non rev, it’ll likely save you a lot of hassle. There’s some regionals having problems taking offline jumpseaters internationally. This includes having a seat in the cabin. The software to input the information for international is different from mainline to various regionals. CommutAir would be different from ExpressJet or Air Wisconsin even though they’re all United Express.
If you can list as a non rev, it’ll likely save you a lot of hassle. There’s some regionals having problems taking offline jumpseaters internationally. This includes having a seat in the cabin. The software to input the information for international is different from mainline to various regionals. CommutAir would be different from ExpressJet or Air Wisconsin even though they’re all United Express.
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