Excuse me one moment here.
Check-in staff?...are you seriously lumping the check-in staff into the 'Crew' argument?
So it's obvious we didn't understand each other then!
Check-in staff are not to be lumped in with crew. They are not to be used by you to berate 'crew'.
They aren't crew. They are clerks!
And I happen to agree with you on the subject of their attitude to aircrew. They recently decided...all on their own bat...to put a notice up at the standby desk in Dublin saying that NON ALT staff could not ask for jumpseats anymore!! An Aer Lingus Captain heard about this notice and personally went up to the counter and asked (nay..told!) them to remove it!
Senior Aer Lingus pilots are left standing at that same standby desk while the clerks cater to their friends and family...so don't think we aren't sympathetic to your plight.
Aer Lingus cockpit crew have always been happy to share their J/Seats with other carriers staff.
EI EIO, you seem to have accepted my point.