It has always been the unwritten rule that Captains coming onto a flight off reserve, where jumpseats have been allocated by the previous captain, will honour those allocations.
I have always honoured that ethic, but help me out guys. It really hurts when I get put onto a flight and someone has given a J1 to a HK checkin staff, or someone in finance, or a member of the rostering "team".
Before you flame me, 999 out of 1000 of our "colleagues" in those categories have at best, disdain, and at worst, contempt, for us & out profession.
Furthermore, I don't give jumpseats so that I can be thanked, I give them to help my colleagues. That being said, at least I know when a cabin crew or pilot has a
JS on my flight, even if they get a passenger seat, they will still come & say thanks. As do I when I travel. Shows some appreciation & courtesy, rather than this attitude of entitlement we get from some.