United jumpseat restrictions

[upndsky]

NOTE: this is based on a November 07 email exchange I had with the UAL jumpseat committee when I was the jumpseat coordinator at my previous airline so it may have changed.

On international flights, UAL will only take as many OAL jumpseaters as there are physical jumpseats in the cockpit. IOW, if the airplane has 2 jumpseats, they'll only take 2 OAL jumpseaters, regardless of how much room is in the back. And OALs must sit in the cabin. TSA does not allow OAL jumpseaters in the cockpit on international flights. IROs do not count against this number.

Domestically, they'll take unlimited.

Again, this may have changed recently. Your best bet is to contact your own jumpseat coordinator for the latest information.

 

[eaglesview]

Heard through the grapevine that United is only permitting united mainline and united express pilots in their cockpits.

Can anyone verify this?

That's a bunch of crap. I had offline on the jumpseat less than 12 hours ago.

 

[Bob_Sacamano]

Unfortunately, that is the case in Las Vegas. They WILL NOT take offline pilots in the cockpit. They claim they don't have CASS, although everyone uses the same computer system in Vegas.

 

[eaglesview]

Unfortunately, that is the case in Las Vegas. They WILL NOT take offline pilots in the cockpit. They claim they don't have CASS, although everyone uses the same computer system in Vegas.

LAS is a special case. Some of the airlines,UAL included, are provided computer systems from the county that they control. In Vegas there is no CASS available at UAL. I was denied cockpit access at DAL out of vegas but was able to get on AA in the cockpit. I don't really know why only some airlines have that problem in Vegas.

 

[climb2slow]

To second the LAS problem, Frontier is in the same boat as far as having CASS at the gate. You can CASS at the ticket counter and then head through security, but no CASS at the gate.