Let me help you out. The answer is no, most mainline carriers would not hire somebody who went against their Union and FOM. Is United different?

He said that in direct response to a poster who said he was probably a new hire FO and not in a position to make that decision. He simply stated that in fact he IS a captain and therefore can make that decision.

Let me see if I’m hearing this right - Skywest pilots will deny Expressjet pilots their jumpseat, but he’s a tool for responding in kind?

Ok then.

I didn't see the whole comment thread, but as a SkyWest guy, deny away. I think that's only right if we're actually denying you guys the jumpseat. Honestly I wish that if the groups can't agree they'd all just agree to disagree and cancel their agreements with one another and stop jumpseating on each other. It'd be way simpler and not put crews in this grey area of guessing what they should do. Yeah, it'd suck for those who rely on the jumpseat, but most airlines have commuter policies to protect them.

I'm sure eventually everyone would get back together and sign kumbaya together over a new jumpseat agreement.

Skywest has a commuter policy?

Grown men and women having a fit over a seat. Cannot believe this is actually happening.

No, it doesn't. You'll note I said "most".

That said, management has (aside from maybe one or two examples I can think of) been pretty understanding when it comes to commuting issues.

Supposedly, they've also given word that they understand that this is may cause some disruptions are willing to look the other way, within reason. Now, is that as good as a commuter policy? Guess it depends on the flight schedule of the outstation you fly out of

I'm just trying to imagine the first pilot who calls CS because he just got denied a UA jumpseat and can't get to work. I wonder how willing CS will be to 'look the other way'.

Huh? You just call emergency, it isn't a big deal. You can send your chief a brief SWOL message to explain if you want.

Perhaps the real issue. We don’t own our routes, we provide an amazing service but I worry about how much leverage we have. How much power do we have?

This I agree. As far as regional lift goes, you guys have been as reliable as they come and I’ve had nothing but professionalism on my JS and been treated the same (still wish you guys would join ALPA but that’s another story for another thread) But at the end of the day, on United routes and flying planes with United Express trying to demand who gets gets on in what order (after your own people, nobody is even dreaming of changing that) who do you think controls the seats?

Yes the captain will always get final say. If he wants to go rouge that’s fine, we’ll pass his name on to ALPA and let UAL buy us a ticket and bump someone or just catch the next flight. UAL owns every seat already. Our commuter clause is pretty nice. It won’t interrupt UAL mainline operations. Will Skywest pay UAL to get you to work?