Jump Seat on foreign carriers?

[el gringo]

Can a US airline pilot jump seat on Air France? Let's say from MIA-CDG-MIA.
Thanks for the responce.

 

[radarlove]

Nope.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

negative.

You can buy a ID90 or ZED fare and then physically sit in the jumpseat...

But the Euro's are going to get their taxes out of your travel in/out the Old Country.

 

[masedogg19]

You can buy a ID90 or ZED fare and then physically sit in the jumpseat...

I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly.....foreign carriers will let you sit up front, but the US carriers won't?

God Bless the TSA

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly.....foreign carriers will let you sit up front, but the US carriers won't?

God Bless the TSA

Not sure...maybe... defintely the crew rest seats in the cabin

 

[Thedude]

Air Jamicia used to....not sure in the past couple of yrs.

 

[Fit59]

negative.

You can buy a ID90 or ZED fare and then physically sit in the jumpseat...

But the Euro's are going to get their taxes out of your travel in/out the Old Country.

I've sat in the jumpseat on Air France after paying the ID-90 fare within Europe, however post 9-11 I don't believe you would be allowed in the cockpit on a flight into or out of the United States.

 

[Bavarian Chef]

Air Jamicia used to....not sure in the past couple of yrs.

Too much smoke up there ... imp: .

 

[ThreeGreens]

The reason you actually need to be ticketed has to do with the Warsaw convention. It has to do with liabilities. The US is the only country that rejected it, so victims could sue airlines for an unlimited amount.
The convention states that the passenger must have a ticket.
Prior to 9-11 you could sit in the cockpit of foreign carriers. Now they won't let you do that anymore. On some of them, they'll give you a flight attendant jumpseat.

Hope this help.

 

[DashTrash400]

Actually, the jumpseat at Iberia is 100% captain discretion, no ticketing required. They're the only European carrier that does this, however.

 

[udaman]

I have on Aeromexico, and have heard of others doing it on South American carriers...that is, as long as you are not coming to the US...just ask the station manager to talk to the Captain.

 

[Flying-Corporal]

Actually, the jumpseat at Iberia is 100% captain discretion, no ticketing required. They're the only European carrier that does this, however.

I second that. One Lufthansa pilot told me that he had to buy a ticket to fly on his own airline.

As far as other carriers use Zed fare. It still relatively inexpensive and fully refundable.

 

[amt]

The reason you actually need to be ticketed has to do with the Warsaw convention. It has to do with liabilities. The US is the only country that rejected it, so victims could sue airlines for an unlimited amount.
The convention states that the passenger must have a ticket.
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It has to do with "LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE" in case of an acident. That's why you're required to have a ticket.
I've jumpseated on some airlines in Brazil but you have to have a pretty good excuse why you don't have a ticket and MUST ride up front. CAPTAINS discretion. It can be like "death in family" or something more dramatic that you must travel on that day.