Imagine commuting for free to work or to a vacation, having another pilot look at the loads and assure you that you're going to be getting on the flight, and being butthurt about the experience!

You sounds jealous and insecure.

and you sound like one of them 1500hr wonders that just lucked out during COVID with a pulse and an ATP

And yet you aren’t here. Which means you lack the capacity to get your app pulled and pass the Hogan. Clearly you have a personality issue and I hope you are never in our facility for an interview.

of course. That’s the only reasons in your short sighted universe lol and who says I’d even want to.

There is definitely times I wish this forum wasn't anonymous, so we could keep you of the JS anytime, everywhere.

Plenty of people on here tried to explain what and why happened, That it might have been unnecessary, but courteous and the only thing you gave back was entitlement. Hope you are not my age/gender/color, because I do not need an @$$ like you poisoning my well.

Looking at your post history in the last year you’ve been sniffing around every regional as well as Spirit and Frontier wondering how a person who lives in Canada can land a 121 gig and get PIC time. So I would venture to guess that while you have over 7,000 hours, you aren’t qualified to get on with a legacy because of your lack of 121 experience.

Yikes… what next, You want to deport his butt ?

I lean as left as they come, so deportation isn't part of my vocab (he might be Canadian, so we might not have to). And I am on here because it is anonymous, so there's that. But he does sound absolutely insufferable to me, on which grounds I personally would like to avoid him, that is all.

Thats exactly what I am thinking.

It’s hilarious that he created a thread thinking he was going to roast this other guy and it boomeranged on him faster than he could say “Sorry” (In a Canadian accent).

At WN a jumpseat boarding pass ensures that you aren’t removed for a weight issue (a cabin seat can be).

When I’m using an offline jumpseat I always appreciate when a mainline jumpseater offers up additional inside information.

Perfectly said and explained.

Maybe this is a troll post - no pilot should be this obtuse.

Let's take this to its logical extreme.

There are two seats in the back and one jumpseat available.

The standby list looks like this:

UAL Pilot
UAL Pilot GF
Other UAL Employee

The jumpseat list looks like this:

The same UAL Pilot
You, an offline jumpseater

So, the UAL pilot can take either a seat in the back or take the jumpseat. Remember, there are only two cabin seats left.

If he takes a seat in the back, him and his girlfriend get on, and because he has a seat in the back, you get the jumpseat.

If he takes the jumpseat, his girlfriend and the other UAL employee get the seats in the back, and you get left behind.

See how this works? Maybe he hadn't paid attention to how much space was left, maybe things changed, I don't know, and it doesn't matter. Him letting you know he was taking a seat in the back was to assuage any concern that you might have had, not knowing exactly what either list looked like, that he might be bumping you off the jumpseat. It's a common professional courtesy that is practiced all across the industry.

The fact you seem to be insecure about it and making the least-respectful interpretation of it says an awful lot about you.

Already sounds like you were on the defensive

Just temporarily grateful would have been nice🙄

Everyone has tried. Including the post below that was well stated.

Pretty sure most in the industry understands the concept. But instead of being grateful (not even eternally), they’re met with…

To the poster that said cut you some slack; I admire his level-headedness, but eff that, you sound like a d bag.

Ok, I apologize - it seems I musjudged and clearly didn't grasp how the JS system at UA works in its entierty. Thanks for all the shoes everyone.

An ESL person likely doesn’t know what ESL means…….

I’m not a fan of the younger millennial and older Gen Z obsession to look like Tom Selleck in Magnum PI……but in this case his facial hair was the only thing offensive about him……

He was trying to be nice to you, maybe a “ Thank you” would have done the trick……as opposed to ridiculing him.

And yet here he is using the internet.......does someone need to explain GoogleFu to him for the meaning of the acronyms ESL or IMHO.
Maybe he can figure this one out....FFS! :cool:

Judging by sentence construction….I am most confident the individual was born outside the United States……….however has spent a large portion of his life in our country or a country that speaks English.

He kind of reminds me of the thick accented old guy…..who has anglicized his name (Farhad to Frank, Mahmoud to Matthew) and when people ask where he is from ….his reply is to simply state the US state or municipality closest to his residence or a vague “overseas”, or “far away”………strategically dodging the question……….

Don’t over think this.

If, and ONLY IF, they have a mint 308GTS to drive around, I'll give them a pass.

Someone above finally explained with cabin and jumpsuit list examples how this scenario plays out here at UA. In that example, every seat was going to be occupied but how they were going to be occupied determined whether or not you got on or the other UA employee. So hopefully that example was clear for you to see how we at UA use both listings (as encouraged by the union) to assist other non-revs, UA pilots and other airline pilots.

My problem reading this thread is that you come on the forum with a question about what happened trying to understand why the pilot did what he did. The replies all started off explaining the courtesy of United pilots looking out for others and how we use the lists to make our decisions. Your immediate response to everyone, even those who didn't respond with a quip, was to be insulting, entitled, close-minded and all around unappreciative of the pilot you encountered as well as all those on here explaining a true act of courtesy to a fellow aviator. I just don't get the snotty replies to all on here trying to educate you on our procedures as if WE are the ones at fault in how we do things. SMH.