Am I the only one taking abuse in the jumpseat?

[California]

I'm a chill guy and yes, I have jumpseat manners.

After the usuall reaming. I am thankfull for getting a ride.

Last flight in the jumpseat,
"when are you guys going to grow some balls and start getting paid to fly jets"
UAL CA

Previous flight
"when are you going to get a real job"
UAL FO

Next previous flight
"i bet you would take my job for 80k a year"
DAL CA

 

[threegreen]

Wow that is very unprofessional

 

[Canucit]

what comes around goes around you'll get your chance one of these days

 

[taloft]

All in good fun, of course...

"when are you guys going to grow some balls and start getting paid to fly jets"
UAL CA

As soon as you grow a pair and start flying turboprops.

"when are you going to get a real job"
UAL FO

You mean like yours? LOL

"i bet you would take my job for 80k a year"
DAL CA

Oh, I'd take it for much less than that.

 

[Steveair]

Are You a Go-Jet FO?

If you are (and it doesn't sound like it)... I'd say get used to it. Additionally, don't plan on ever working at another airline because they will never hire you.

 

[relief tube]

there's not a chance that 3 flights in a row, you got all that. Aside from Go-jets, not many other places to work would deserve to garner such remarks. What airline do you work for?

 

[Dave Benjamin]

I've commuted quite a bit on UAL over the past few years. No complaints. I've been treated quite well actually. I have trouble believing you caught so much grief in the course of the last few flights even if you do work for G0-Jets. Judging by your profile and avatar I'm guessing you work for SkyWest unless you jumped ship in the hopes of a quick upgrade at an alter ego carrier.

 

[Burt Reynolds]

I work for Eagle and I've never received any negative comments in the jumpseat.

However, the other day I was non-reving on Southwest and the flight attendant made a crack about American saying that if you chose to break the law and smoke in the lav that it would cost you $2000 and if you wanted to spend $2000 to get to Dallas you'd fly American. That seemed kinda unprofessional. I'd never imagine any of our crews making a similar announcement on a PA...

 

[Phony Marconi]

Southwest (flight attendant) made a crack about American saying that if you chose to break the law and smoke in the lav that it would cost you $2000 and if you wanted to spend $2000 to get to Dallas you'd fly American. That seemed kinda unprofessional. I'd never imagine any of our crews making a similar announcement on a PA...

That's pretty funny, I think. I bet a few passengers chuckled.

You'd never imagine your crews saying that....and your Company sucks!

Look, SWA is a successful airline. They encourage employee initiative and their pulse is to have fun on the job. They are a professional, well-run Company.

How professional are the 25-year hags that staff the legacy carriers? If biatchiness, nastyness, and poutiness are virtues, then they totally rule.

 

[BigLebowski]

California...I have to say that I ride in the jumpseat with UAL more often than I'd like to. Everytime I even talk to one of them in the jumpseat or just around the terminal they are the friendliest group of pilots I have ever met. They always seem concerned about what is becoming of the current company that I work for and the wonderful alter-ego. They seem concerned as for my future in the industry offer positive advice.

It honestly sounds to me like you're someone flying for an alter-ego...because no matter what pilot I talk to they have never made a remark to me even remotely close to the ones you received "three times in a row."