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What he said.j41driver said:If I am trying to jumpseat on mainline Delta and I'm not the first offline jumpseater there then the only way that I can get a ride is if I already have an ID90 in my pocket for just such a case. A round trip ID90 on the city pair I use will cost me $199.xx according to our pass bureau and it has to be purchased in advance.
I start next week with AirTran and was looking into how to get back and forth from Nashville since AirTran doesn't fly in here and, much to my surprise, Delta only takes ONE jumpseater, regardless of how many people are in the back.
In fact, I was coming back home FROM MY INTERVIEW and a AirTran F/O was trying to jumpseat. At Pinnacle, we're on CASS, so even though she showed up first, they were going to let me on and not her. Didn't even know they were going to do this until she brought it up after my seat assignment and I had to go back to the gate agent and say, "Whoa, wait a second, she was here first, this ain't right."
The pass I wrote to go to the interview COST ME $70 BUCKS! And you guys complain about an AirTran jumpseat charge of $25 bucks plus tax??!!
So go easy there, there are LOTS of airlines who have crappy jumpseat / pass travel arrangements (Delta, American, etc), but at least AirTran passes are relatively cheap AND CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE GATE. I'm looking at writing some ZED passes on CAL or USA and two-leg it as my backup to and from Atlanta because of crappy jumpseat policies that other airlines have.
That's just wrong. Jumpseat etiquette has ALWAYS been for the jumpseater to check with the Captain, even if they have a seat. Not to mention the gate agent, but the jumpseater should know better...The problem is the gate agents just 'list' the pass rider and issue a seat assignment. He11 we dont know if we have people in the back or not who are flight crew. Sometimes tough to tell with companies moving their pilots around .... revenue ticket riders... exec jet.. Cat... ATI... Ryan... Miami Air... etc.. etc... I hope the agents are checking their credentials...