I think what he's getting at is a jumpseat pass. Not a 100% sure but after talking with a few Iberia pilots, they have a paragraph in their collective agreement about the ability to jumpseat as long as you show up in uniform and a valid ID. Cpt's discretion of course, and since they are virtually the only ones to do this at this time...(we are trying to push something like this through the Skyteam alliance) then one can't blame them for turning down foreigners. It's a case of 'you no scratch me, then yuck foo too'.