Just to give our American friend a break ……
[*] In the USA, crewmembers can get FREE jumpseats on other airlines when they show up in uniform with proper identification.
[*] In Europe, they cant.
[*] In the USA, passengers CAN’T normally access the cockpit.
[*] In Europe, they can.
I believe that Skunkworks is American, he would therefore consider any reference to a jumpseat to mean free access to crewmembers. While the majority of Ppruners are in the UK, talking about jumpseats normally means that you have access to the aircraft anyway, (i.e. ticketed passenger) and you just wish to visit the cockpit.
Make sense?????
Mutt 
[This message has been edited by mutt (edited 05 October 2000).]