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ClappedOut145 05-02-2025 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909240)
but in the end you still only get one seat. You’re just listed twice. So it’s not his decision but only a matter of how many seats there are in total including the JS. It’s not like they will keep the JS vacant and not offer it to anyone else if he opts to go and sit in the back.

seems like BS to me and as though he made himself look more important than he was.

Seems like he looked at the lists and said “my girlfriend and I are going to get seats in the back. I can take the jumpseat and get the next person on the standby list on, or I can take the cabin seat and leave the jumpseat alone so that a lower priority pilot can get on.” I think you’re probably being a little too sensitive about your position in this. He could have easily taken the JS and left you behind, but he did what a good ALPA pilot does and looked out for his fellow pilot first before he acted.

Mr X 05-02-2025 04:43 PM


Originally Posted by dingdong (Post 3909262)
seems like he had priority over you and was just trying to give you some good news about you getting on the flight.

if he was a crusty old guy, than maybe he was a dink. But if he was a young guy just happy to be at a major, then he probably had good intentions.

most everyone here that is post-merger is a good human

This a good time to bring up the separate rules on non exclusive carriers. SkyWest and Republic is who lists AND checks in first, does not go by seniority with exception to the normal pecking order of company employees, FAA, etc…

ThumbsUp 05-02-2025 04:49 PM


Originally Posted by ClappedOut145 (Post 3909282)
Seems like he looked at the lists and said “my girlfriend and I are going to get seats in the back. I can take the jumpseat and get the next person on the standby list on, or I can take the cabin seat and leave the jumpseat alone so that a lower priority pilot can get on.” I think you’re probably being a little too sensitive about your position in this. He could have easily taken the JS and left you behind, but he did what a good ALPA pilot does and looked out for his fellow pilot first before he acted.

Personally, I hope he wouldn’t have given up the jumpseat in order to bump a United pass rider from a cabin seat. That’s the only scenario where the dude would have gotten left behind.

tupues 05-02-2025 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by ClappedOut145 (Post 3909282)
Seems like he looked at the lists and said “my girlfriend and I are going to get seats in the back. I can take the jumpseat and get the next person on the standby list on, or I can take the cabin seat and leave the jumpseat alone so that a lower priority pilot can get on.” I think you’re probably being a little too sensitive about your position in this. He could have easily taken the JS and left you behind, but he did what a good ALPA pilot does and looked out for his fellow pilot first before he acted.

well no, because then I would have gotten his seat in the back. It’s not like I would have been left behind and the plane would have left with a vacant seat if he hadn’t offered “his” JS.

As the other poster was saying, I’d expect them to fill the cabin first before the JS gets given out by the cpt. Logically, if he takes the JS before the cabin is full then I get his seat in the cabin, and if he offers me the JS and takes the cabin seat then that’s what would have happened anyway. Finally if it’s completely full I wouldn’t have gotten on anyway. It’s not like he will actually sacrifice anything or be exceptionally generous as he actually has no control over this.

SoFloFlyer 05-02-2025 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909307)
well no, because then I would have gotten his seat in the back. It’s not like I would have been left behind and the plane would have left with a vacant seat if he hadn’t offered “his” JS.

As the other poster was saying, I’d expect them to fill the cabin first before the JS gets given out by the cpt. Logically, if he takes the JS before the cabin is full then I get his seat in the cabin, and if he offers me the JS and takes the cabin seat then that’s what would have happened anyway. Finally if it’s completely full I wouldn’t have gotten on anyway. It’s not like he will actually sacrifice anything or be exceptionally generous as he actually has no control over this.

I get the confusion, but really not that serious

tupues 05-02-2025 06:14 PM


Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer (Post 3909313)
I get the confusion, but really not that serious

No, not at all. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything and the guy along with his GF was indeed the VP jumpseat at United. Anyway. Have a good weekend!

ThumbsUp 05-02-2025 06:32 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909307)
well no, because then I would have gotten his seat in the back. It’s not like I would have been left behind and the plane would have left with a vacant seat if he hadn’t offered “his” JS.

As the other poster was saying, I’d expect them to fill the cabin first before the JS gets given out by the cpt. Logically, if he takes the JS before the cabin is full then I get his seat in the cabin, and if he offers me the JS and takes the cabin seat then that’s what would have happened anyway. Finally if it’s completely full I wouldn’t have gotten on anyway. It’s not like he will actually sacrifice anything or be exceptionally generous as he actually has no control over this.

That’s not quite it either, but you don’t really need to understand. Just believe.

Guppydriver95 05-02-2025 06:57 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909307)
well no, because then I would have gotten his seat in the back. It’s not like I would have been left behind and the plane would have left with a vacant seat if he hadn’t offered “his” JS.

As the other poster was saying, I’d expect them to fill the cabin first before the JS gets given out by the cpt. Logically, if he takes the JS before the cabin is full then I get his seat in the cabin, and if he offers me the JS and takes the cabin seat then that’s what would have happened anyway. Finally if it’s completely full I wouldn’t have gotten on anyway. It’s not like he will actually sacrifice anything or be exceptionally generous as he actually has no control over this.

how do you know you would have gotten his seat in the back? Were you the only other standby? What if there were many senior employees of all stripes that would get a seat before you, and had he taken the jumpseat, you could be left behind? I read this as he was being a solid unionist and looking out for you. Take the kindness without such skepticism.

ugleeual 05-02-2025 07:03 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909307)
well no, because then I would have gotten his seat in the back. It’s not like I would have been left behind and the plane would have left with a vacant seat if he hadn’t offered “his” JS.

As the other poster was saying, I’d expect them to fill the cabin first before the JS gets given out by the cpt. Logically, if he takes the JS before the cabin is full then I get his seat in the cabin, and if he offers me the JS and takes the cabin seat then that’s what would have happened anyway. Finally if it’s completely full I wouldn’t have gotten on anyway. It’s not like he will actually sacrifice anything or be exceptionally generous as he actually has no control over this.

^this^ people are trying to make this more difficult than it has to be…

JaCrispy 05-02-2025 07:59 PM


Originally Posted by tupues (Post 3909321)
No, not at all. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything and the guy along with his GF was indeed the VP jumpseat at United. Anyway. Have a good weekend!

Brother, did you fly in from frown town?


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