Here is my attempt: To the USAir pilot, your airline has unlimited status on us. The gate agent was flat wrong. Sad, but unfortunately most of our DFW gate agents seem to have an ax to grind regarding the j/s. Even to their own fellow coworkers. You're roght, USAir always welcomes many of us with open arms - namely, because your gate agents are very non-rev-friendly, UNLIKE ours.
To the CO pilot - your airline becomes unlimited effective Nov 15. So when you asked for the j/s, the gate agent and pilots were right, however no reason to have been rude to you. I'm glad they let you on though.
I hate reading about incidents like these, unfortunately they are pretty common with the gate nazis we have down there. I do my part in walking up to the gate about 10mins prior to check on the status of j/sers, and a couple of times I've had confrontations - successful in the end - in getting j/sers on board.
Like AA717 says above, AA guards the j/s like some sacred fortress. A lot of our non-commuting pilots are clueless. Sorry guys, the only thing I can do is guarantee that any nonrevving pilot gets treated like gold when he/she is on my flight. There will always be some sour grapes captain/gate agent out there that makes it miserable for the rest of us.
To the CO pilot - your airline becomes unlimited effective Nov 15. So when you asked for the j/s, the gate agent and pilots were right, however no reason to have been rude to you. I'm glad they let you on though.
I hate reading about incidents like these, unfortunately they are pretty common with the gate nazis we have down there. I do my part in walking up to the gate about 10mins prior to check on the status of j/sers, and a couple of times I've had confrontations - successful in the end - in getting j/sers on board.
Like AA717 says above, AA guards the j/s like some sacred fortress. A lot of our non-commuting pilots are clueless. Sorry guys, the only thing I can do is guarantee that any nonrevving pilot gets treated like gold when he/she is on my flight. There will always be some sour grapes captain/gate agent out there that makes it miserable for the rest of us.