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a $25. pass beats a $48. room at the Wellesley every time.
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a $25. pass beats a $48. room at the Wellesley every time.
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Jumpseats are free but you have to pay a service charge to ride in the back, Big Friggin Deal! They might get it changed but in the meantime ride someone else if you can't pony up the smack.
Years back I got kicked off many United, American, Delta and USAir jumpseats because one of their line pilots showed up at the last minute and booted me from the airplane. I even had some pilots elect to take their own JS just to save their own service charge boot me from the plane a few minutes before departure and not even say they were sorry. I would have loved to have paid a $25 service charge to get on the flight.
ATA has always had the most liberal JS policy around, we believe in leading by example. I'm most thankful for SWA because since they are the 800 lb gorilla these days, they are most responsible for the JS policies changing in the industry.
In short. Thanks AirTran for the lift, you will not be charged to ride in the back on my plane and maybe someday you will change your policy.
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This has been covered many times. There is no charge to ride the actual jumpseat, whether there is one installed, or two. One or two offline jumpseaters will ride accordingly.
If someone else beats you to the jumpseat, and there is an empty seat in the cabin, they will sell you a walk up pass for $25. Period.
If the crews were really against the policy, it would not exist
Thats a pretty long walk back from Spondivits though.
I can not believe I'm actually going to respond to this mess! The CEO of AirTran Airways has implemented this policy. The union has spoken with him numerous times to change this and he has refused. The AirTran pilots don't want this policy. The AirTran pilots have NO control over this policy. If you are the first offline jumpseater, you DO NOT HAVE TO PAY! Some gate agents will charge you if you are a SECOND offline jumpseater. If there is an open seat, you may ride with no problem.We call our "walk up passes" boarding passes and they are free to any number of jumpseaters as long as there are empty seats in the back.
If the crews were really against the policy, it would not exist (i.e. FedEx Jumpseat policy).
NO! If you walk up to the gate and there is already a offline jumpseater riding up front on the jumpseat, you don't have to be CASS approved to non-rev travel on AirTran Airways. CASS is so that you may ride on the flight deck if there are no seats available in the cabin. Nothing has changed there.Questions:
- If it is a "walk up pass" for non-rev travel do we need to be CASS approved and go through that process?
- What is the dress code if you have no intention of jumpseating but want to use the "walk up pass" feature?
Thanks.
YKW
Our pilots don't like the policy (duh) but complaining to us isn't going to get you anything except sent back up the jetway to get a refund and wait for the next flight.