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Originally Posted by aa73
1) The reason it is absolutely not acceptable to list for AAC and then inform the agent you're FDJ qualified is because, as an AAC, you have a certain spot on the standby list (for the cabin only) that is above regular D6s (OAL pilots) who very well may have checked in well ahead of you. By then informing the agent that you'll take the FDJ, you've just taken advantage of that higher spot on the priority list and screwed over those other D6s out of the jumpseat, since they may have checked in ahead of you and thus would have priority for the jumpseat.
But what he said is that he got vitriol from gate agents for listing for both AAC and D6, been there done that. He only mentioned using AAC as the Jumpseat as a possible solution. But having a rule where you can't list for BOTH is a self imposed limitation though. Why can't you list AAC and also D6 and just have two spots on the list? I can do this on UAL with no problem from gate agents, captains, and other jumpseaters. Everybody understands that you have two listings, one non-rev and one Jumpseat. If you don't get the non-rev seat, you have a chance at the Jumpseat and vice versa.
This one time waiting to board a UAL flight, I was listed as both but I knew they wouldn't get to #37 on the non-rev list. I noticed there was a UAL pilot also waiting near the gate. I asked him if he was listed as a non-rev and he answered no. I asked him if he would list as a non-rev as to give me the chance to get the Jumpseat if he gets a seat in the back. He had no problem with it, listed, got a seat in the back, and I got the Jumpseat instead of getting left behind with him in the Jumpseat instead.