Spannersatcx
One of the reasons that we don't get pay rises when the rest do, is that management has painted us in such an awful light, the other departments despise us, they have created a political environment that makes it difficult for us to get anything without mass resentment. Yet they will sit behind us in a jumpseat as they have choice, hating us and every second that they need to put up with us.
I will never ever give a jumpseat away to anyone who isn't cockpit crew or, if they don't want it, then cabin crew........and this mess has hardened my resolve.
Why? Because I can control who sits in my cockpit, period. It staggers me that there are captains out there who will give priority to ground staff over cockpit crew.
I have seen a ground staff's 13 year old daughter given priority over a senior captain by some twit.
You are not pissing ground staff off dude, they hate you anyway.