Travel benefits: they are minimal. We are not a scheduled carrier so have very little to trade with other carriers.
You don't have to trade anything,
Wrldwide. All professional pilots are fellow travellers. If your airline is on the list for the jumpseat and we can accommodate you, you are welcome.
I started at Emery, flew for Kalitta, flew Lear 35s while furloughed, and ended up at Delta. In other words, I've paid dues and eventually got where I wanted to be.
When a freight dog shows up at the flight deck door I take it as an honor bound duty to make him feel as comfortable, welcome, respected, and entitled to first class treatment as I possibly can. I think the overwhelming majority of pilots I work with feel the same way.
We know you can't trade jumpseats but it's not about quid pro quo, but more about helping our brothers.