I'll second that Jet A1
A while back mon Capitane was asked to OK the jump seats to get about half a dozen staff pax ( including some of the operating Cabin Crew partners) back to UK. Captain checked the figures, OK'd it, and behold our staff pax got on and settled - then, just before doors close, the Station Staff rush on and inform us the Zero Fuel Weight was now above limits ( i.e. the station staff had got their sums wrong)...... so we had no choice offload all the staff pax and depart with empty jumpseats............
Of course all us Nigels were instantly painted as lying, devious, b**** and no amount of CRM
, trying to explain the concept of Zero Fuel Weight, etc, would change our Cabin Crews minds....the fact that
(a) we had tried and
(b) we had been stuffed by circumstances outside our control
was completely lost on our colleagues, who I'm sure thought we were allvvankers , as Flyingwise to eloquently put it.
( I guess you've never promised something and then been unable to deliver, Flyingwise)
Sometimes we can promise the seats but later, in the rush of departure, a genuine reason arises that means the seats can't be used.......we can only do so much guys.....