One aspect I have noticed with Cabin Crew requesting my jump-seats, is the great rush of requests as soon as the system opens on 18th of the month.
These crew are requesting the j/s for their travel plans based on their published roster, while still at the same time waiting for all their roster swaps to be processed. When their swaps are done, they no longer need to travel on the days they applied for the j/s. If they then do not cancel the awarded j/s, the system remains clogged up with "stealth" j/s passengers who don't show up on the day.
I tend to ignore Cabin Crew j/s seat requests until about 25th of the month, and then favor the Crew who input their requests later (say on 23rd or 24th etc).
It would make life easier if there were more than 4 j/s slots. I think my record is about 25 applicants for a Manila flight! Only 1 of the 4 j/s passengers turned up, so the other seat went on seniority.
