Unless that person is ....
(3) Permitted by, and carried in accordance with instructions contained in the
Operations Manual.
So in fact anybody is allowed if provision is made for it in ops manual!
The reality is that managers of airlines travel on staff ticket with reservation even when in holiday so they have no interest in the matter, and it is easier to forbid it than face any remote possible litigation.
A few months ago, I traveled with my wife on jump-seats (both in flight deck) with a major European airline!
Well done guys, many, many thanks.
In my actual airline, it is forbidden to take a company captain, qualified on type, in the cockpit unless authorized by an ‘underling’ from the scheduling.
This is for safety reason, wraf, wraf…
Now, one is a major reputable airline, the other an operation runs by guys that think they have heard someone who has a friend that know something about aviation, guess who is who
