With all the people on here that are always saying "No GoJetters on my jumpseat", then I would expect that at some point GJ crews would not welcome jumpseaters from other airlines with open arms. What would you expect them to eventually do after all is thrown up at them all the time, over and over, on FI and other boards?
I don't work for GJ, but it just seems funny to me that you folks that say "No GoJetters on my jumpseat" and them still expect them to go out of their way when you want a ride (or a friend of yours in this case) on their jumpseat.
What about the mainline United or (enter airline name here) pilot that accepts the offer for an interview or job with a GoJet. I am not defending them (GJ) for what they did, or did not do, to TSA. But the lines are getting fussy as to who is new or old, who was furloughed, who was mainline three months ago, who was involved in a whipsaw, or any of the other thousands of reasons all of us end up with our respective airlines. Are you going to deny a 20 plus year ALPA member that lost a left seat mainline job to scope (and now your airline is flying a route he flew for that 20 years), and now must find a way to pay for his or her child’s last few years of education or, God forbid, try to maintain some sort of health insurance for an ill family member.
I am not defending one side or the other. Heck, deny each other jumpseats until no one is jumpseating on anyone except their own airline.
The solutions is easy, you stay out of their jumpseat, and they stay our of yours. But you cannot honestly think that most of the GJ crews don’t take some of this to heart. If you feel as strongly about them in your jumpseat, post your name or at least who you work for. They can start a list of their own. Gander, goose. Goose, gander.
Until there are true SCABS, crossing ALPA recognized picket lines, I would just keep welcoming other airline pilots that are tired and need a ride home.
Sorry about the spelling and grammar.
Lamar Jones
IAH