Jumpseating on AA

[sydeseet]

This has nothing to do with AA but I was given a hard time the other day by USAir. My non-stop flight was cancelled causing me to miss my PC in another city if I didn't find a way there. I was out of uniform but dressed in the standard "dress casual" attire I wear so I can get first class. I started going from counter to counter asking about connections and USAir seemed to have a good one, hurray!! Then he looks at me and says I need to be "dressed appropriately" to ride their jump seat. I asked him to clarify this to which he snottily said a shirt and tie is mandatory. Wrong, very very wrong. His supervisor hears this, corrected him in front of me, and took over. I made the flight, made the connection, and everything worked out fine. Chalk one up for the good guys and common courtesy/sense.