Sitting 1st class as a jumpseater
09-16-2007, 08:48 PM
#33
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As a pilot for one CASS airline, if I were to jumpseat on another airline, they will pretty much always give you a seat in the back if there is one available. In your guys' experience, if there are seats in first as well as seats in coach, will the gate agent give you a first seat, or automatically put you in coach? Is it their discretion or are they taught to seat other airline pilots in coach regardless? Thanks.
09-17-2007, 12:40 PM
#34
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Joined APC: May 2006
Position: Student Pilot
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yeah so I think I wrote up there that many GAs and FAs are pretty nice about the whole jumpseating deal, some go out of their way to take care of you even though you work for a diff company which is awesome. and then there are FAs like..
yesterday I was about to get settled into a DAL jumpseat (with the capt's blessing of course).. and the FA comes up to the capt and asks, "if she ALLOWED to sit there?" the capt goes, "she's a pilot." clearly not satisfied, the FA replies, "but she works for a different airline, I thought they're not allowed to sit in the cockpit." The capt ended the questioning by holding up my boarding pass and pointing out exactly where it said "CASS." Seriously, I dunno why an FA would even have to question it if the capt obviously already allowed me to sit there!?!!
yesterday I was about to get settled into a DAL jumpseat (with the capt's blessing of course).. and the FA comes up to the capt and asks, "if she ALLOWED to sit there?" the capt goes, "she's a pilot." clearly not satisfied, the FA replies, "but she works for a different airline, I thought they're not allowed to sit in the cockpit." The capt ended the questioning by holding up my boarding pass and pointing out exactly where it said "CASS." Seriously, I dunno why an FA would even have to question it if the capt obviously already allowed me to sit there!?!!
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