JoeMerchant
ASA pilot
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- Mar 31, 2005
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I couldn't agree more with the BOW policy. If you express guys want to take up a useful cause, take up that one.
I have worked at four different major airlines and have never, ever, left a jumpseater for weight. Many of us are sick of giving express guys a ride to our domicile then walking over to the express gates to be told over and over again that they're weight restricted. So weight restricted that they can't even fill the back of the airplane -- let alone the jumpseat.
I run into this all the time, on my 50 minute commute flight. And yes, we all know it's not just weight, it's often CG. Like I said, if you want to take up a worthwhile fight, make your companies put the friggin' ballast on and/or put the JS in the BOW. Yeah, it's not prudent as far as fuel efficiency goes - but neither is an RJ.
In fairness, I have had guys work the numbers with taxi fuel etc. That was done at some risk to themselves and does not go unappreciated. If you'd work to get the policy changed it would eliminate that risk.
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Yet another mainline pilot who only wants changes that benefit HIM....How long did most of the regionals take multiple jumpseats while mainline only took 1? We gladly opened every seat up to the jumpseat while you folks only took 1.