grumman

Do the Delta connection pilots have priority on the mainline Delta jumpseat over off-line jumpseaters?

xjsaab

Yup,
SS, FAA, Delta, DCI WO, DCI, OAL

kalyx522

Another commuter told me (with certainty, he said) that ASA/DAL do not have priority on each other for JUMPSEAT. For example if an OAL and an ASA pilot were both signed up, the ASA guy would not automatically have priority because he's DL Connection. Also that most gate agents don't know this so to speak with the pilots and they should know.
Is this true?

slowplay

Shouldn't be. The priorities are listed for the agent when they pull up the CASS record and make the offline listing.

LeineLodge

How about a DAL pilot on a DCI jumpseat?

For example:

Tonight I was jumpseating on Freedom and there was an ASA guy also trying to get the jumpseat. He got there first. Do I have priority or not? Is this spelled out anywhere? With the myriad of DCI carriers, it's hard to keep it straight. I would expect a Freedom guy to have priority on a Freedom jumpseat, but should another DCI pilot beat out a mainline pilot?

It ended up not mattering as there were a few misconnects and we both made it, but this issue seems to present itself alot when commuting via RJ.

hockeypilot44

IMHO, mainline should get priority, but I'm mainline. I do not know the correct answer.

JetPipeOverht

Mainline Delta maybe, but Mainline ANYONE getting a jumpseat over ASA/other DCI....nahhhhh

kalyx522

Well that would be nice if gate agents knew for certain. I don't know about Delta, but the mainlines that I fly for (United, US Airways) many if not most gate agents don't know the correct priority or think they know but it's incorrect so it's up to us to know and carry around the document that lists the priority. For example on MOST (exception TSA and/or Gojet, dont remember offhand) UAX flights, UAL/UAX priority is based purely on TOC unless of course the UAX is on his own metal. I have seen both gate agents and UAL pilots think that the UAL pilot has priority. I am not here to argue the principle of the matter but the correct rules as they have been set up.
So anyway that's why I was asking if what I heard from the other commuter was true. Seems kind of weird but there must be a reason they came up with such a reciprocal agreement (if in fact it is true.)

EVpilot

At ASA it is ASA, SKW, DAL, DCI, OAL

Pilotguy143

Comair is:

FAA, Company check airman on a line check, OH pilots (in seniority order), DAL pilots (in seniority order), DCI, OAL