I take a hard “no” stance on management jump seat riders. In fact I refused a request two weeks ago to his face. I further informed him that he was inappropriately dressed for staff travel let alone the jump seat. As luck would have it a pilot requested the seat a few minutes later, and he was pleasant company for the trip.
I may rethink my policy though…perhaps it might be good for them to see us wade through 38 logged defects and get a ring-side seat for the various sh*t show antics and delays.