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10-13-2018 | 05:02 PM
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Perhaps they can keep standbys out of your hands, but the Feds say that the Jumpseat is yours. I would still make a cursory check in the boarding area if i were you, since so many agents will ignore our fellow pilots. The plane won’t leave without you, so it behooves the agents to do the right thing.
That's the way it is at Horizon, I'm sure Alaska is more or less the same. It's a joke working here.
The other problem is that our Q400s don't have jet bridges. We often have to hoof it to the terminal which can be a 10 minute trip in PDX/SEA.
10-14-2018 | 10:30 AM
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I was the FO in LWS one morning when a nonrev FA informed us that the gate agents weren't letting on a SWA Jumpseater. I ran in, told them to put the delay on me if we were late, but to get him on. I used the restroom while in the terminal then went back out. We blocked out 1 min late... I got a call the next day from CP's office. That's Horizon for sure. I was asked specifically about the jumpseater. I claimed the delay was because I felt ill before push and had to use the airport bathroom, and just happened to see the SWA guy when I went in. I could hear the defeat in CP's voice after that answer.
10-14-2018 | 03:34 PM
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I mean....they are really nice jackets. But perhaps the Navy API student wearing his to McGuire's in Pensacola on a Friday night in June 2004 was overdoing it just a bit. That being said I'm still chuckling at it 14 years later!
10-14-2018 | 04:36 PM
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10-14-2018 | 06:14 PM
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From: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
10-14-2018 | 07:52 PM
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10-14-2018 | 08:27 PM
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I was the FO in LWS one morning when a nonrev FA informed us that the gate agents weren't letting on a SWA Jumpseater. I ran in, told them to put the delay on me if we were late, but to get him on. I used the restroom while in the terminal then went back out. We blocked out 1 min late... I got a call the next day from CP's office. That's Horizon for sure. I was asked specifically about the jumpseater. I claimed the delay was because I felt ill before push and had to use the airport bathroom, and just happened to see the SWA guy when I went in. I could hear the defeat in CP's voice after that answer.
10-14-2018 | 09:42 PM
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Big, gold ray bans. Massive watch with an elt built in. Pleated polyester pants. Hawaiian shirt over a worn out Haines t shirt with yellow armpits. Smiling at people that can do stuff for me and ignoring everyone else. White new balance shoes in my rollaboard and a wife that spends all my $$$. That’s how he knew.
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