I've been bumped a few times by someone not going to work or home. Yeah, it sucks. But there is no rule saying that the person going to work gets priority over the person going for pleasure. Sure it's very nice when someone offers to give up their seat, but it's not required.


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That's, that's a fact of jumpseating life im not going to argue that. It's happened before and it'll happen again.

I submit this as TOTD, or maybe DOTD...

her metal, she gets priority....i don't see the issue here. Your sob story doesn't change anything. I've been bumped after sitting on the jumpseat for someone that showed up last minute on their own metal....it's part of commuting and in my opinion you are 100% in the wrong here. Could she have handled it better? sure....but she's more entitled to that j/s than you are.

This is a thing?

So you're making a threat? She had every right to the JS on her OWN metal. Not only is jumpseating a privilege, you've got to understand that offline jumpseaters are DEAD LAST in priority behind EVERY category of non-rev. If there's a seat in back, great. Apparently there wasn't or she would have given up the cockpit jumpseat.

Why? Going to work isn't a silver bullet, especially if you're offline. Sounds to me like you didn't plan an appropriate number of backups to make your checkin time. YOUR BAD. Prior planning prevents poor performance.

And complaining about your bad planning makes you an automatic candidate for TOTD.

A threat? Way to read between the lines that aren't there. I meant that as more of a someday she will be in my shoes and need to get somewhere and she's going to get bumped herself. Also it seems you also know what I was doing earlier in the day, because I never wrote how many more flights I tried to get on or what time I got to the airport. Really just classic APC. Bravo, bravo sir. I'm done with this one.

Well you know what's funny, I never said I missed my check in either. I said the rest of the flights weren't really good for making it but I didn't say I couldn't make it. I made my last resort flight, it was absolutely the tightest commute I've ever had to try but I made it. The point of this whole post was more along the theme of trying the help another pilot out and not being a jerk about it if that person can't. But that doesn't let you get your rocks off so hey thats cool, everyone needs a hobby.

I heard that Beechedjet then punched her and stood over her shouting "expressjet rules, expressjet rules"

Why exactly??

Beats wearing it on a lanyard around the neck like a dog.

Personally, I keep mine in my shirt pocket...you want to see it? No problem! Ask for it. It's the only company procedure I blatantly disregard unless I'm on the ramp. Why must I walk around the airport public areas with a badge? Pax dont. Sterile SIDA/Employee areas I understand.