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Airtran Drops $25 Jumpseat Fee

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Just got an e-mail from our JS coordinator that Airtran has dropped the $25 fee for multiple JS. Good going guys. In all fairness I never found it to be an issue. I was never charged even though there was more than one of us. Still, it's nice to finally have it gone. Kudos.
 
Max Powers said:
Most had no clue how to charge it anyway or never did charge it.
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Well then I should play the lottery more often. Tried riding three times out of ATL and got charged all three times. $34 and change with taxes. That policy was the crappiest policy on the crappy policy list. I knew the pilots hated it, hope you didn't have to give anything up to get rid of it.
 
Truckdriver said:
Well then I should play the lottery more often. Tried riding three times out of ATL and got charged all three times. $34 and change with taxes. That policy was the crappiest policy on the crappy policy list. I knew the pilots hated it, hope you didn't have to give anything up to get rid of it.
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It appears that we have not given up anything to get this - company just decided to eliminate it. (note - I am far from "in the know")
Is this perhaps a signal from the company that they are ready to sit down and truly negotiate?
I am cautiously optimistic...
 
I actually had a captain give me the $ back when I j.s. once. When I politely declined the cash he said that I could not ride unless I took it. If that doesnt prove its a crap policy nothing does. Stand up guy I might add. I will never forget that. Initials were G.L. 737 cpt
 
Thank you guys at Airtran for working on this. I know that you guys have been trying to get rid of this for the rest of us for a long time. Again thanks!
 
dash8driver64 said:
I actually had a captain give me the $ back when I j.s. once. When I politely declined the cash he said that I could not ride unless I took it. If that doesnt prove its a crap policy nothing does. Stand up guy I might add. I will never forget that. Initials were G.L. 737 cpt[/quote]


Why was General Lee flying an Airtran aircraft?

Thanks guys for getting it changed!!!!

Mike
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One of the more senior agents in ATL told me he found it humerous that a Legacy airline Captain making $150,000 a year walked away and refused to pay the fee...

When I was an agent I just assigned the seat and said "get on"....Memo did go out today to Cust Serv managers about the new policy and that it will go into effect....let's hope the agents pay attention when it's mentioned in their daily briefing.
 
BigMeat said:
Thank you guys at Airtran for working on this. I know that you guys have been trying to get rid of this for the rest of us for a long time. Again thanks!
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I second that. Thanks!!!
Yall were great to JS on in 2001 before I was furloughed and I am looking forward to it again....maybe one of your FAs will give me her # in 08. Ha...nevermind..won't happen. :-)
But seriously...THANKS
 
Citrus531 said:
One of the more senior agents in ATL told me he found it humerous that a Legacy airline Captain making $150,000 a year walked away and refused to pay the fee...

When I was an agent I just assigned the seat and said "get on"....Memo did go out today to Cust Serv managers about the new policy and that it will go into effect....let's hope the agents pay attention when it's mentioned in their daily briefing.
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It still amazes me today, how someone making 150K:eek: is too cheap to pay the fee. Not saying I agree with the fee but c'mon guys!
 
BE200drvr said:
Its about time.....

It only took years for you guys to get this changed.
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We didn't change the policy, the company did. We have no control over this. The company can do what they wish with the jump seat, it's theirs.
I am pleased that the charge is gone, it was an unnecessary policy.
 
instructordude said:
It still amazes me today, how someone making 150K:eek: is too cheap to pay the fee. Not saying I agree with the fee but c'mon guys!
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What? What's wrong with you?

Nobody, even if they were making $1 mil. a year should have to pay that ridiculous fee. What other airline did that? None. That fee was management greed, simple as that. Now it's finally gone and AT is in step with the rest of the industry welcoming unlimited jumpseaters onboard...as it should be.
 
Agreed. It's not the $25 dollars, it's the principle involved.

Wonder if SkyBus charges for the jumpseat?

What's up BP? How's the boy?
 
AirTran never charged a fee to jumpseat......The jumpseat was free if it happened to be taken then you could buy a pass for 25 dollars...At leasts that is how one of our senior cpts explained it to me. I also always explained it that way while jumpseating on delta if they chose to give me schmidt about it. Like one dork did. It was a crappy policy we had no control over it. With that monkey of a president we have no leverage at the negotiating table because the NMB is majority Corp. America. that will change.
 
Ya... All the other airlines just left you at the gate when the 1 jumpseat was full and the rest of the plane was wide open. For a long time AAI's policy was very nice, at least you had the chance to pay the $25 for a seat in the back. That is actually cheaper than my old airlines non rev passes.. AAI may have been a little slow to come around, but if I remember DAL only changed to unlimited just over a year ago, UAL was 2 years, ALA was 3 years, etc... For a long time the AAI policy was one of the best around, now it is in line with everyone else....
 
gt1900 said:
Ya... All the other airlines just left you at the gate when the 1 jumpseat was full and the rest of the plane was wide open. For a long time AAI's policy was very nice, at least you had the chance to pay the $25 for a seat in the back. That is actually cheaper than my old airlines non rev passes.. AAI may have been a little slow to come around, but if I remember DAL only changed to unlimited just over a year ago, UAL was 2 years, ALA was 3 years, etc... For a long time the AAI policy was one of the best around, now it is in line with everyone else....
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DAL used to have no OAL jumpseats. Thankfully DALPA put their foot down in 90s to have that policy changed.
 
Max Powers said:
AirTran never charged a fee to jumpseat......The jumpseat was free if it happened to be taken then you could buy a pass for 25 dollars...At leasts that is how one of our senior cpts explained it to me.
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This is the kind of kool aid reasoning that will cause us to lose more ground in work rules if you volunteer for Union work. But hey, its a moot point now ay? Good riddens to the $25 "walkup pass"!(happy now?)

And welcome aboard.
 
Hopefully this came from the top down. I believe it is a sign of things to come now that Leonard(Lord Vader) is gone and Fernaro is now at the helm!
 
Good for you guys! Good on your management and Union to do that. I shouldn't have to explain myself anymore that I simply don't have any money in my bank account to justify paying for this. Right? Just kidding, congrats....
 
For the times they are achangin!

BR715 said:
Hopefully this came from the top down. I believe it is a sign of things to come now that Leonard(Lord Vader) is gone and Fernaro is now at the helm!
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I couldn't agree more! I heard that Fornaro was interested in changing the corprate culture. This is indeed a good sign.
 
I don't get down in that part of the country much these days, but I want to thank the Citrus guys that championed this issue and got it changed. You've always been great to me and even helped me duck the fee a time or two. It's appreciated.
 

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