Final bit of advice needed - Jump Seat Note
 

Hi all,

I feel I have put a good note together for the captain of my Ryanair flight to Cardiff.

Iam just looking for advice as to what to say upon boarding to the hostess. I will ask her to please give this note to the captain but Im worried she might not even do that for some reason. Has that ever happened to any of you?

Should I tell her more than that it is a jumpseat request? E.g I am starting full time flight training now and just looking for advice from the pilots, etc?

When I told an Aer Lingus hostess that I was applying to the cadetship later in the year, on a flight last year, she was very helpful indeed.

Any help at all would be great,
Thanks,
Cheers,

Turbsy
Ireland

Just be quick mate and say something along the lines of:
"I have a note here for the Captain. It's a jumpseat request. Would you be able to pass it on if it's not too much trouble? Thanks".

Boarding time is a very busy period for the FAs so be quick and do whatever he/she asks you to do.
Unless it's a training flight or the Captain doesn't want the hassle, you should be in!

Good luck,

VFE.

Thanks for that VFE, I'll take your advice and keep it short.

All the best,
Turbsy

i just jumpseated recently on 2 ryanair flights to and from brussels. I just asked the fa at the door when i got in to the ac. they asked for me and they wanted some id (passport and some form of proof that you are training like ppl or logbook etc.) and no probs whatsoever,. With ryanair, get in to the aircraft first, if flying with another airline ask the dispatcher at the gate, and they'll sort it out for you. I've never ever had problems.

Hi Cortilla,

Many thanks for the info, did you get in for take-off or from cruise onwards?

Did you go to your seat after asking or did you get to wait to see what the captain's reply was?

All the best,
Turbsy

Hi,

I've been lucky enough to get numerous Jumpseats on BA 737-400's, a BM 737-300 and the best one of all on a BA 777 from LHR to Philadelphia and on the way back.
I've always just politely asked a member of the cabin crew on boarding, sometimes the captain says no if its a training flight or the captain doesnt like jumpseaters, but I would say that about 80% of the time I've been allowed in from pushback all the way to the end.

Just be friendly and polite, it works wonders

LP

Hi LP,

I have only ever once got in from before start onwards and that as on an Aer Lingus A330-301 flight from Dublin-JFK, will never forget it. Even before starting captain let me sit in his chair and move the flying controls. That was all pre-arranged though thanks to my father having played golf with an A330 captain just weeks before.

Anyway thanks for your info, hopefully I might just see another take-off from the jumpseat, in a couple of weeks.

Turbsy

Just out of interest....

Never had aproblem with long haul trips, but...

A couple of years ago a now renamed Channel Island hopping company made a slight 'error' at check in and booked me in as some one else with a similar name,(I know I stupidly didn't check the boarding card details!), and then also booked the actual named passenger in as well. By the time this was discovered we were both on board trying for the same seat, unfortuantely the standby pax were also on board! No problem, I explained to the FA that I was a CPL, with licence to hand and to save bumping the other pax I would happily take the one of the crew or jumpseats. This was met with looks of sheer horror and refusual even to consult with the skipper and some poor standby pax was offloaded to wait another 6 hours for his / her flight. On contacting the airline later for explanation as concerned about immigration / special branch problems being as I was never actually checked in, (flt ex Channel Islands), they could not give any explanation other than the fact that 1 extra pax and luggage would have put the a/c over MTOW. Hmmm. Are they really flying that near to the w & b max?