USAir jumpseat - "are you listed?"

[wrigley23]

Depends on the station. In CLT and LGA they appear to prefer that you don't list. I asked a CLT agent and said that even if I did list via the phone they'd still have to change it. For some reason all of the smaller stations I've js'd out of, they prefer you to list via the phone. ROA and RIC are like that. Basically I've decided when I'm flying out of a station I'm not familiar with, it's easier to list and work backwards.

This is exactly my experience. 9 out of 10 CLT and LGA agents say don't list and are very accommodating to jumpseaters. The rest of the system is a complete crapshoot. Then again that 1 agent in CLT or LGA that asks you, why didn't you list, I just politely say "I was encouraged to not do that because it causes you more work" and they seem to be ok with that usually.