Pipe,
How about introducing yourself to the captain for the sake of having the fee waived in the first place? Captains have some influence in that regard and the few times I have had more than one jumpseater, no fee has yet applied. Internally, there may be some buttons to push... The least I can AND will do is make sure the fee was assessed appropriately and see if there is a way to reshuffle the non-revs to reverse the charge. If the time doesn't permit the aforementioned and the charge was in any way inaccurate, I would document it for any future corrective action. On the other hand, I couldn't be instrumental in any way if I didn't know there was a "$25-pass-rider" in the back. BTW, I thank everybody upon deplaning to include telling the jumpseater to please come back & see us again, fee or no fee.
P.S. Our FOM DOES require that EVERY OAL jumpseater (fee or no fee) presents his credentials to the captain for review.
How about introducing yourself to the captain for the sake of having the fee waived in the first place? Captains have some influence in that regard and the few times I have had more than one jumpseater, no fee has yet applied. Internally, there may be some buttons to push... The least I can AND will do is make sure the fee was assessed appropriately and see if there is a way to reshuffle the non-revs to reverse the charge. If the time doesn't permit the aforementioned and the charge was in any way inaccurate, I would document it for any future corrective action. On the other hand, I couldn't be instrumental in any way if I didn't know there was a "$25-pass-rider" in the back. BTW, I thank everybody upon deplaning to include telling the jumpseater to please come back & see us again, fee or no fee.
P.S. Our FOM DOES require that EVERY OAL jumpseater (fee or no fee) presents his credentials to the captain for review.