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05-23-2012, 07:46 AM
#1461
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Pilot
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Originally Posted by Goodspeed
My wife and daughter (lap child) were going to get the last open seat on a flight home. At the last min a pilot walks up and requests the jumpseat.
As the gate agent is listing him he changes his mind and asks if there are any open seats in the back. The agent says that there is one but she is trying to get more people on. He decides that he doesn't want to sit in the jumpseat and wants the seat in the back, bumping my wife and kid.
You sir are a ...
As the gate agent is listing him he changes his mind and asks if there are any open seats in the back. The agent says that there is one but she is trying to get more people on. He decides that he doesn't want to sit in the jumpseat and wants the seat in the back, bumping my wife and kid.
You sir are a ...
05-23-2012, 09:05 AM
#1462
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Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Dismayed
Posts: 1,530
How about last week, when the RJ was oversold I got the jumpseat and a Fed walks up just before the flight is due to depart and bumps me.
I wouldn't mind losing a seat to a Fed if they booked it ahead of time as they have the right to. But walking up last minute tells me this was some jerk wanting to get home on an earlier flight.
I wouldn't mind losing a seat to a Fed if they booked it ahead of time as they have the right to. But walking up last minute tells me this was some jerk wanting to get home on an earlier flight.
05-23-2012, 01:48 PM
#1463
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Joined APC: Apr 2010
Posts: 453
Originally Posted by dragon
How about last week, when the RJ was oversold I got the jumpseat and a Fed walks up just before the flight is due to depart and bumps me.
I wouldn't mind losing a seat to a Fed if they booked it ahead of time as they have the right to. But walking up last minute tells me this was some jerk wanting to get home on an earlier flight.
I wouldn't mind losing a seat to a Fed if they booked it ahead of time as they have the right to. But walking up last minute tells me this was some jerk wanting to get home on an earlier flight.
Within 20 minutes its Captains discretion. Show up earlier Mr. FAA
05-23-2012, 03:59 PM
#1466
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Originally Posted by Merlyn
The FAA jealously safeguards it's jumpseat privileges. Can you spell emergency revocation?
05-23-2012, 05:48 PM
#1469
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Joined APC: Dec 2009
Posts: 48
Originally Posted by Short Bus Drive
... and say what?
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Last edited by 100indefinite; 05-23-2012 at 06:17 PM.
05-23-2012, 05:52 PM
#1470
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Joined APC: Apr 2010
Posts: 453
Originally Posted by Merlyn
The FAA jealously safeguards it's jumpseat privileges. Can you spell emergency revocation?
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