Military jumpseating....

[MarineGrunt]

I was wondering how I can get on a military flight (KC135, KC10, etc) from point A to point B. I might have to go from MSN or MKE to SLC several times in the next few months. I heard you can hop on these flights for $20 or so...

Any ideas on how to go about this?

 

[Draginass]

No, and only maybe if you're military, are travelling space available, and there is a pax term rep to put you on a pax manifest. The aircraft commander has no authority to put you on the flight orders or pax manifest on his own.

 

[mudkow60]

Go to the AMC (Air Mobility Command) website. I don't know the address. If you are military, you can try to fly Space Available, but the routes are limited.

 

[HueyPilot]

If you're military, and your travel is official business, you can put in a travel request with TRANSCOM/JOSAC. If they aren't too busy, you will probably get supported with a C-12/C-21/C-35.

If it's not official business and you're military, you can travel Space-A. You'd have to call the passenger terminal or base operations at the nearest military airfield to find out what the schedules are or if there are any flights taking Space-A pax.

AMC's website is www.amc.af.mil. JOSAC's website is josac.transcom.mil. I believe both require https:// in front of the web address (secure socket stuff).

 

[Spur]

The aircraft commander has no authority to put you on the flight orders or pax manifest on his own.

He cant put you on flight orders, but the AC is the final authority on PAX. If he says you're on, you're on... obviously the PAX terminal must do the required paperwork, and you must be legally entitled, no reg restrictions etc... , but the AC is the decision maker, everyone else just follows the regs.