Unfortunately, yes, in the case of Frontier's substandard contract. Here's a direct quote:

"Pilots returning to Domicile for legal rest may be assigned a cockpit jumpseat if all seats in the cabin are filled with positive space revenue passengers or other Deadheading crewmembers and the Scheduled Block is less than 3 hours."

Believe me, I'm certainly not saying this is right or the way it ought to be. (So please don't shoot the messenger). I'm just pointing out one possible way someone jumpseating on F9 could be hosed by a deadheading crewmember forced to ride in the jumpseat. I don't think a crewmember could legitimately refuse since it's spelled out right there in the CBA.

Hoping that our now ALPA union leadership will fix this in our next contract.

EDIT: After reading the rest of the thread, I now see that the F9 issue doesn't exactly relate to this situation (and we don't fly out of EWR), but I figured I'd leave it posted just for general awareness.

 

TOTD Orange Card goes to the Mesa FO strutting through Terminal B at DFW today with his hat and sunglasses on.

His future is soooooo bright that he wears his shades indoors.

 

Baby, when you're THIS cool, the sun shines on you twenty four hours a day!

 

Not coming to this dude's defense, but I'm occasionally in buildings in sunglasses too. I've had to wear glasses my whole life and they're thick enough that I honestly can't see much at all without them. So, sometimes if I have my prescription sunglasses on it's much easier to just go inside with them on (if it's gonna be a short stint), than go find my regular glasses, put them on, then trade them back out moments later. Examples include getting paperwork after walk arounds, hitting the lav in a dark cabin when it's sunny in the cockpit, etc...

Maybe that makes me a tool. Hope not, but I often hear from people that think it's funny. Sorry folks, can't see without them.

 

Definitely the CA I recently flew with who took off his shoes and propped his aromatic feet ( in socks) up on the panel. Who does that ?!?!?

 

It sounds like Frontier if this is the case does not have a true recipricol jumpseat.

 

Tool of the day to the dude that just sprayed me with Diet Coke as I'm sitting in the middle of the middle on my delayed commute home.
Chaos at checkin
Chaos at TSA
Chaos at the Starbucks wannabes
Chaos at the gate

...then I get sprayed by a milennial who would probably croak and die if I take his smartphone away.

I'm not having a people day today.

 

A Tool you are not Sir.
This said FO stood at another boarding area having a discussion with two other crewmemebers (with hat and shades on). They were likely discussing whose platform was shinier.
He then proceeded the concourse strut.

 

Just so you're aware that you're not alone.......I too loathe most of today's society.

 

Sounds similar to the female republic ca that made me sit the jumpseat, I listed for it, however ended up being able to sit in an actual seat in the back. As the doors closing, a f/a tells me the captain wants to see me, she says take the jumpseat, I was a little confused but sat and didn't say anything. She proceeds in cruise to take off her shoes and put her feet on the windshield/glarsheild, which didn't even look comfortable. She also whipped out her laptop and made me scroll through all 500+ pictures of her wedding, which again left me confused.