Not with us-the FAA legally owns the jumpseats.
The ironic thing is that at FEDEX (a US package/cargo airline), all employees can jumpseat just outside the cockpit, and even inside! Knowing that-if anyone were to claim that having unapproved foreign pilots in a cockpit is a safety isuue makes no sense-it is merely a legal issue. The FAA answers to nobody regarding the contradictions within their policies. US airlines normally must submit paperwork to different levels of another company's flight operations and to the FAA, in order to add their pilots to the approved jumpseat list. With us, a company executive may visit, after first sending up an ID, along with company mechanics, dispatchers and ATC can present a form before departure.
There is a possibility that a Chief Pilot or VP Flight Operations could have the authority to approve someone whose company is not yet on the approved list, but I doubt that this would be likely with a large company which has a high profile. I wish good luck to anyone out there.
[This message has been edited by Ignition Override (edited 12 June 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Ignition Override (edited 12 June 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Ignition Override (edited 13 June 2001).]