Am interested in formal jumpseat agreements
 

I work for Colgan Air, a growing regional airline in the United States. Our jumpseat coordinator asked me to help him up with setting up formal jumpseat agreements with European and Asian based airlines.

Completely understand that cockpit access would most likely not be allowed, but we would like to try to set up a written agreement that would let our guys and gals the ability to jumpseat as long as there are seats available in the cabin. Obviously, we would like to reciprocate with the foreign carriers pilots as well as flight attendants.

If anyone has the email addresses of the jumpseat coordinators or offices of those in the position at airlines to arrange this we would GREATLY appreciate it! PM me if anyone out there is interested.

Thank you.

Is there such a position in European airlines? I think that you will find that the concept of "jumpseating" outside your own company is limited to US airlines :(

Mutt

Seggy

In most European airlines, reciprocal agreements like this are covered by Interline ticketing protocols between many carriers. The particular problem in the UK is that the Tax Authorities see this as a "benefit in kind" - thus to jumpseat on my own airline I actually pay a fee and generate reams of paperwork.

I'm afraid that for the last few years the use of jumpseats in most UK and European airlines are strictly limited to positioning crew on duty. No-one else gets a look in any more since 9/11. Sorry.
Save your time and work on interline reciprocal deals.

Some European airlines do allow non company crew and "related professions" to ride on the jump seat, in my experience it has to be people who work at the same base as the airline and is restricted to either positioning airline crew (their own or other companies with a recipricol agreement) or ATCOs who work at that base.
For the ATCOs, it's not a jolly, but almost always a round trip on the same sector, exceptionally a day return, and we're very grateful for the opportunity to remind us what goes on on the other side.

Im not a pilot but i have been working in the industry for 14 years now.

Pre 9/11 I used to jump seat lots of airlines once i got to know the crews and ops, i spent more time in the cockpit then some of the crews hehe.

But after 9/11, well..... its just so hard to jump seat. Understand 101% why, just its a shame.

How times change :bored::sad:

In our European airline, the cockpit jump seat is restricted to crews and staff on duty travel. However the cabin jumpseats are open to all. You must hold a staff ticket and ask for the jumpseat at check in. There is no free travel.