Boarding priority question
 

Hi all,

I have not jump seated in a very long time. I am an OAL pilot and would like to travel on SW later in the month and was wondering if I should list as a jumpseater or purchase an ID90. If the jumpseat was already occupied, does it make a difference in priority? I do not mind purchasing an ID90 at all if it helps.

Thank you.

OAL jumpseaters are the absolute last priority no matter what. The ID90 priority is not much higher. I don't think it would help your chances much unless there happens to be a bunch of OAL jumpseaters on an almost full flight.

Just list as a pilot. You'll be behind all SW employees regardless unless you bought a ticket.

Sign up as a pilot. The jumpseat will be available to you. If there are SWA pilots commuting and the cabin jumpseat is available, we'll take the cabin jumpseat to get you on. One thing to keep in mind, every SWA employee can use the cabin jumpseat.

Bravo for knowing this is a thing. A lot of our non-commuters don’t even think a little bit outside the box, so don’t expect that to happen unless you are dealing with captains/Jumpseat riders that actually care. If non-company jumpseaters are trying to get on, a SWA pilot should take a seat in the back first, the cabin JS second, and then the cockpit as last resort. Sadly, that doesn’t always happen and people get left behind because someone can’t be bothered.

It’s a thing on Delta too and the same thing applies. I got left behind once because a pilot couldn’t be bothered to give up the uber comfortable 717 cockpit jump for the cabin. He looked right at me with his cold dead eyes and said “nope”.

I do it all the time. Even so employee family memebers can get on.
I won't take the 4th from an FA or ramper etc for OAL JS.
also on a DH I won't take JS etc. Sorry we fought for that contract.
I've also heard coolers or food bag have priority on JS

Keep in mind most of our aircraft have two flight deck jumpseats. On an 800/MAX8 there are two cabin jumpseats.

Be at the podium one hour prior as its first come first served.

To be clear, you should NEVER take the jump seat when deadheading, or at the very least never for a revenue passenger. I could maaaayyyybe see someone doing it to help a non-rev get on, but only if there are no other pilots waiting for the cockpit.

Some douchenozzle United pilot gave up his cabin seat for the JS that I would have gotten in order to get a non-crew nonrev on the plane. Happened like 5 years ago and I’m still salty about it.

”Hey I took the jumpseat but don’t worry, there’s another flight in a few hours.”

Fu¢king a$$hat.

Nah. We ended that crap back in 2016….before you’d show up for a long DHD and the ops agent would say, “hey it’s a full flight so I moved you to the jumpseat”.

No f’n way. We negotiated a seat in back for must ride travel…I’m taking a seat in back.