Delta Jump$eat ???

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you'd be surprised what a Starbucks coffee and a little encouragement can do for a stubborn gate agent.

True, but, they are not allowed to eat and drink at the gate. I carry a little bag of candy to hand out as treats. They can hide the stash for later.

 

[Flyer2000]

As I stated on the regionals forum......This is a computer glitch that affects DCI carriers ONLY, not all jumpseaters. Also, the glitch will only affect SkyWest, and ASA as of today (Dec. 04th). The only reason a SkyWest, or ASA pilot will be charged is because of the new segment fees on Mainline flights (not sure about skywest pilots on other DCI or vice versa).

Yesterday I spoke with a fairly senior manager at Delta who has assured me that the problem is not only being looked into, but will be fixed. The software itself may not be fixed until after the holidays as Delta does not want to create more problems during the busy month by making software changes. However, Delta is aware of the problem , and has been working with the software vendor on a fix to it. It should work like this................

SkyWest/DCI pilot asks to jumpseat and is "flowed" to the back. The software will give the pilot an S3"D" (could be called something else) which will not use the PPR, but will keep him higher than the non DCI jumpseater, but lower than another employee who is non-reving (on their S3C PPR). If the SkyWest pilot want the higher S3C priority (i.e. going on vacation) then they can list using their PPR, but will be charged for the segment(s).


So to be clear........no jumpseater will ever be charged on any Delta, or Delta Connection flights if they ride in the cockpit.

ONLY SkyWest and ASA will be charged (on Delta flights, not their own flights) for jumpseating (starting today), and ONLY if they are flowed to the cabin, and ONLY until Delta can upgrade the software (end of December)......and there may even be a temporary fix that will eliminate that period as well (not sure about that though).

 

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Thank you.

 

[WalterSobchak]

I know from my experiences out of DFW, some gate agents do make their own rules. Most are awesome, but there are one or two that come to mind that go out of their way to be jerks.

Ditto that. I jumpseat often out of DFW on Delta/Delta Connection flights. There are 2 awesome gate agents that will do whatever you ask of them and the rest seem to make up their own rules.