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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 271432" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Jumpseating is still available (and often required) for business travel. Personal jumpseating could (and should) be brought back ASAP as security procedures include both a search of any carry-on items and a background check of the employee. A ramp agent personally searches both you and your baggage before you get anywhere near the aircraft. If you want to jumpseat you have to submit to the same procedures it takes to get an airport badge (fingerprinting and the TSA/FBI background investigation). The current badge system has a provision for jumpseat-qualified people and such persons have a notation printed directly on the badge. So much for my ignorance of jumpseating. And for many employees who hail from Memphis it was a very big deal to lose the benefit, as MEM is an airline backwater that is difficult to get to without a bunch of transfers from most of the country.</p><p> </p><p>The real reasons personal jumpseat was jettisoned were the cost of the reservation system and the fact that the pilots don't like to be seen reading Playboy or the Robb Report (or falling asleep) or telling each other who has the biggest tits among the female pilots.I've seen plenty of things happen while jumping (including near-misses and not being able to locate an airport) that could have cost a few people their jobs. 9-11 just made getting rid of it a lot more convenient.It's no secret that the pilots think hourly employees are beneath them. It's pretty ironic that the 1 real dangerous incident that has taken place actually involved an insane pilot, not an hourly.</p><p> </p><p>Like I said, it's all about saving money and not about the employee. How is anyone supposed to contribute the max to their great new PPP when they cannot even afford to make ends meet? I'm glad it's working for you, but I really hate to see so many people being used and abused and not being able to do anything about it. I enjoy the debate too, but I wish more employees would wake up and see that they can create a better future. If we did go union, what makes you think that we're going to get a worse deal than what we already have? Sure, the company could make a crappy offer...that's what negotiations are for. And if they continue to make lousy offers, we walk out like UPS did in 1997 and bring them back to the table with an offer that works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 271432, member: 12508"] Jumpseating is still available (and often required) for business travel. Personal jumpseating could (and should) be brought back ASAP as security procedures include both a search of any carry-on items and a background check of the employee. A ramp agent personally searches both you and your baggage before you get anywhere near the aircraft. If you want to jumpseat you have to submit to the same procedures it takes to get an airport badge (fingerprinting and the TSA/FBI background investigation). The current badge system has a provision for jumpseat-qualified people and such persons have a notation printed directly on the badge. So much for my ignorance of jumpseating. And for many employees who hail from Memphis it was a very big deal to lose the benefit, as MEM is an airline backwater that is difficult to get to without a bunch of transfers from most of the country. The real reasons personal jumpseat was jettisoned were the cost of the reservation system and the fact that the pilots don't like to be seen reading Playboy or the Robb Report (or falling asleep) or telling each other who has the biggest tits among the female pilots.I've seen plenty of things happen while jumping (including near-misses and not being able to locate an airport) that could have cost a few people their jobs. 9-11 just made getting rid of it a lot more convenient.It's no secret that the pilots think hourly employees are beneath them. It's pretty ironic that the 1 real dangerous incident that has taken place actually involved an insane pilot, not an hourly. Like I said, it's all about saving money and not about the employee. How is anyone supposed to contribute the max to their great new PPP when they cannot even afford to make ends meet? I'm glad it's working for you, but I really hate to see so many people being used and abused and not being able to do anything about it. I enjoy the debate too, but I wish more employees would wake up and see that they can create a better future. If we did go union, what makes you think that we're going to get a worse deal than what we already have? Sure, the company could make a crappy offer...that's what negotiations are for. And if they continue to make lousy offers, we walk out like UPS did in 1997 and bring them back to the table with an offer that works. [/QUOTE]
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