Jumpseating 101
#31
1. I am not a captain but it has been my experience that jumpseating crewmembers (pilots and FAs) always check in with the Captain wether they are on- or off-line. Personally, I always check in with the pilots and the FAs when jumpseating.
2. If I am non-reving and just listed as a standby (not as a jumpseater) I usually just take the seat I am assigned without checking in with the crew. My understanding is that there is no reason to bother the crew since I am traveling under the same status as my family travels. They don't have to check in with the flight crew.
2. If I am non-reving and just listed as a standby (not as a jumpseater) I usually just take the seat I am assigned without checking in with the crew. My understanding is that there is no reason to bother the crew since I am traveling under the same status as my family travels. They don't have to check in with the flight crew.
#32
I agree with the above.
If they EVER figure it out or notice, you just ended your commercial flying career. The Feds will look at it the same as if you had been drinking while flying the aircraft. All it takes is for someone in a bad mood who noticed you are jumpseating to then notice you drink alcohol, and you'd be surprised at the number of cargo guys who get paid airline tickets for deadheading. It's silly enough to do it, but posting about it on the internet does not a good career decision make!
If they EVER figure it out or notice, you just ended your commercial flying career. The Feds will look at it the same as if you had been drinking while flying the aircraft. All it takes is for someone in a bad mood who noticed you are jumpseating to then notice you drink alcohol, and you'd be surprised at the number of cargo guys who get paid airline tickets for deadheading. It's silly enough to do it, but posting about it on the internet does not a good career decision make!
#33
I think part of it is that as a jumpseater, if you were called upon by the captain to enter the cockpit if the FO conks out, or vice versa, you would then be operating an airplane after drinking. If the feds find out that you declined and stated that you had been drinking, then thats a problem too because you filled out the jumpseating form. Other than that, I cant give you any FAR's on it.
#34
??? Where do you get that idea? The feds don't care as long as you stay out of the cockpit. It was no secret that I was j-seating. The FAs were happy to serve me. Please give me a source other than some FOM BS. BTW, sure it is probably not a great plan to drink while j-seating but the times I did, I was flying international long haul in first or business. I'm not going to pass up the vodka with my caviar. (PanAm circa 1990)
I don't drink onboard, but I don't worry about the 8 hour rule either.
#35
At TWA, we took a lot of pride that we were able to treat fellow aviators from guest airlines to a first class seat, a first class dinner and unlimited beverages-alcohol or not. Part of the culture at TWA was that our pilots and the pilots of other airlines were "somebody important". In fact, our FOPM prior to 9/11 made reference that any Airline pilot had access to our cockpits unless they have consume alcoholic beverages inflight. And remember an FAA approved FOPM, GOM,FOP, etc...is just that, approved by the FAA.
It's too bad that airline pilots are no longer treated like somebody important, by airline managments and of recent, by other pilot groups.
It's too bad that airline pilots are no longer treated like somebody important, by airline managments and of recent, by other pilot groups.
#36
At TWA, we took a lot of pride that we were able to treat fellow aviators from guest airlines to a first class seat, a first class dinner and unlimited beverages-alcohol or not. Part of the culture at TWA was that our pilots and the pilots of other airlines were "somebody important". In fact, our FOPM prior to 9/11 made reference that any Airline pilot had access to our cockpits unless they have consume alcoholic beverages inflight. And remember an FAA approved FOPM, GOM,FOP, etc...is just that, approved by the FAA.
It's too bad that airline pilots are no longer treated like somebody important, by airline managments and of recent, by other pilot groups.
It's too bad that airline pilots are no longer treated like somebody important, by airline managments and of recent, by other pilot groups.
#37
But assuming that you are jumpseating with another carrier, you had better not be a deadheader without [the company]buying a ticket for you. You may lose your jumpseat privelege with that company, or your company may lose JS priveleges (Great Lakes got spanked with this back in the mid 90's. They were having their guys jumpseat from MSP, DTW and ORD to cover reserve trips, even though they were based somehere else). This is a no-no. They should have gotten them there via their own airline, and if service didn't allow for that, they should have bought a ticket.
#38
But assuming that you are jumpseating with another carrier, you had better not be a deadheader without [the company]buying a ticket for you. You may lose your jumpseat privelege with that company, or your company may lose JS priveleges (Great Lakes got spanked with this back in the mid 90's. They were having their guys jumpseat from MSP, DTW and ORD to cover reserve trips, even though they were based somehere else). This is a no-no. They should have gotten them there via their own airline, and if service didn't allow for that, they should have bought a ticket.
I'm happy to help a fellow pilot out with his PERSONAL travel, but I have no interest in subsidizing his employer (who is competing for MY most lucrative customers)
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