This entire topic makes me very happy to be a pilot in the U.S.A.
This should not be this complicated.
Stuff like this is why we left.....
This discussion sure makes me appreciate the KCM system in use in the US.
Yep, it seems like some folks stay up nights thinking of rules and excuses not to do something. We do have it good with jumpseats in the U.S.
At bases like EWR, LGA and JFK well over half of the pilots commute more than 100 miles to go to work. 9-11 raised the bar as far as authentication but we do enjoy reciprocal free rides on most U.S. carriers including cargo airlines.
