AirTran Airways is CASS approved!

[DonVerita]

Here is the official announcement from Company:

"CASS is approved. It should be turned on tonight by ARINC, however, there may still be some delays for CASS info to appear at other airlines. Each airline has a different procedure for "flipping the switch" to get our CASS info. We'll be working with the other airlines and the NPA to try to get CASS working as smoothly as possible."

NPA = pilot's union (National Pilots Association)

Next step: Unlimited jumpseats...as it should be. Whether we get management to knock off the B.S. $25 charge for the second and subsequent jumpseaters as an act of conscious or we get it in our upcoming contract...either way, we WILL get it for you! Thanks to everyone who has been patient with us. Welcome aboard. Hope to see you up front.

DV

 

[Ninerfan]

Seats?

Awesome! How many cockpit jumpseats does the 717 have?

 

[j41driver]

All of the 717's have 1 cockpit jumpseat. Some of the 737's have 2 installed.

 

[Ninerfan]

Fee?

I have no problem paying Airtrans j/s fee....heck you guys are getting me to work. Do any of the Airtran folks know if a cockpit j/s rider has to pay the fee?

 

[Eagle757shark]

I have no problem paying Airtrans j/s fee....heck you guys are getting me to work. Do any of the Airtran folks know if a cockpit j/s rider has to pay the fee?

No you don't have to pay a jumpseat fee to ride in the cockpit jumpseat. If you come up to the gate and there is another offline jumpseater, then you would have to pay the $25 dollar fee. If you are first offline jumpseater, you do not.

During that Christmas mess, it sure would have been nice to get rid of that $25 fee when management was trying to fix their big mess up. The union had some bargaining power there.....again wasted!

 

[-9Capt]

The union had some bargaining power there.....again wasted!

I agree.

 

[bendover]

the jumpseat is free. (1) WE can take extra jumpseaters by them buying a walk up pass for 25 bucks. it is now suppose to be called a walk up pass only available to pilots wanting to jumpseat but it being taken already. I know its bs but it sounds better if its really called what it is. a walk up pass.

 

[-9Capt]

Call it a walk up pass if it makes you feel better, but we all know what it really is.

We had an unlimited jumpseat policy since the beginning, before my time. That all ended once the bean counters figured a way to make a buck off of commuters.

If we're selling "walk up passes" only to people on our jumpseat list, we're charging jumpseaters for a ride, plain and simple.

Who else besides a jumpseater can by a walk up pass at the gate?

 

[SkiFishFly]

No you don't have to pay a jumpseat fee to ride in the cockpit jumpseat. If you come up to the gate and there is another offline jumpseater, then you would have to pay the $25 dollar fee. If you are first offline jumpseater, you do not.

During that Christmas mess, it sure would have been nice to get rid of that $25 fee when management was trying to fix their big mess up. The union had some bargaining power there.....again wasted!

I have seen a lot of cases of more than 1 offline jumpseater on the flight and have yet to have any of them mention to myself or the Capt that they had to pay a fee.
Guess it depends on the station and gate agent's mood that day...

 

[Lear70]

Guess it depends on the station and gate agent's mood that day...

Doesn't everything?

 

[Eagle757shark]

If this Midwest merger takes place, hopefully this $25 fee will go away. Should I hold my breathe?

 

[RIDETHELIGHTING]

I have seen CA tell the agents not to charge and to let them on, which is great. It does suck when someone has to pay.

 

[Ty Webb]

It does suck when someone has to pay.

Not as much as getting left behind sucks . . . thankfully, Delta now gives unlimited jumpseats.

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[Eagle757shark]

Has anyone attempted to jumpseat using the new CASS system yet? How did it work out for you?

 

[Lifter]

Tried this morning out of ATL on ASA, was not on as of 0800. But I got on without it. Thanks again to ASA
Lifter

 

[easydoesit]

Seeing as Airtran does not have free unlimited jumseats, does Delta offer unlimited jumpseats to AirTran pilots? Just wondering if it has to be fully reciprocal...

 

[DonVerita]

Seeing as Airtran does not have free unlimited jumseats, does Delta offer unlimited jumpseats to AirTran pilots? Just wondering if it has to be fully reciprocal...

Yes...Delta does offer unlimited to us. Why? Because they are a good group and take the high road...unlike our vote-of-no-confidence management that is only interested in stuffing their own pockets with bonuses.

 

[atldc9]

Yes...Delta does offer unlimited to us. Why? Because they are a good group and take the high road...unlike our vote-of-no-confidence management that is only interested in stuffing their own pockets with bonuses.

Can we get an AMEN!!!

 

[gt1900]

I tried UAL and DAL yesterday.. No go.. Watched the planes leave without me.... Thier computers were not yet updated... OH well..

 

[Lear70]

Same thing this morning, not in DAL CASS system.