Having been the Jumpseat Committee Chairman at a large (non- US) airline in the recent past, I can tell you that in the United States they are trying to fend off the IRS which is trying to attempt the same stunt non only with non-revenue pass privileges, but also jumpseat privledges. In Canada they are also trying to tax jumpseat purposes. It's a major rapeing over and it
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! You can't blame the tax man-- he will go wherever he can smell money. I figured that if you asked him if you gave a friend a stick of gum, whether he should pay tax on it then he would find some way to say "yes."
Good luck in your fight and don't ever stop kicking and screaming!!!
