Currently in Qantas at the moment we are prevented from having our family/nominated travel beneficieries on the flight deck.
It is Qantas' interpretation of DOTARS rule which Virgin Blue choose to implement differently. ie, family can travel on flight deck, in fact I think anyone that the captain approves of can come to flight deck.
Consequently it is making taking family on trips almost impossible with the high load factors these days, and making a lot of crew very unhappy.
I am interested to hear from other airlines around the world and what is your current situation?
Cheers ,
JS