Unwritten Rules of Jumpseating?
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No arguments there. If the fish had been a red snapper, that photo could have made a great Christmas card
The old shark/GFofFUPM need to step up his fishing photo game.
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Brings up an interesting point... I had a situation many years ago on a legacy AA Jumpseat. I’m a very well “trained” jseater... it’s a privaledge not a right. And I am humbly grateful for the ride regardless of the size of the jet. Crew BOTH read back the wrong assigned altitude and even dialed in the wrong altitude and started an open descent that would’ve left them 2k feet low. I said something... the CA who was PM queried ATC...sure enough I was right... fixed the altitude and was no worse for the wear. He then turned around and said verbatim to me,”if I want your help next time I’ll ask for it”. My jaw dropped to the floor in awe. I kept my mouth shut for the remainder of the flight. Your welcome for saving you an ASAP. Happens to all of us at one point and there’s no shame in it. Just unbelievable to me the response. UAL guys have been nothing shy of spectacular every time I’ve begged for a lift.
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From: 7th green
1. I once had an offline jumpseater save me from an altitude bust. I thanked him profusely.
2. You're an additional crewmember in the jumpseat. Its your duty to point out things like that. My first MD-80 jumpseat the crew was doing a flex takeoff. Never having seen one before I asked if the "ART INOP" caution light was normal. Capt. said, "It is. But thanks for being observant anyway."
I think you just had a TOTD nominee.
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