Unbelievable! Shame, shame, shame. In all my years here I've never seen any of our pilots deny a jumpseat to a fellow pilot. Shameful!
To all UAL ALPA pilots.
Today I received the fourth denial of a JBLU pilot on the UAL jumpseat in just over two months. In each case the Captain has decided that JBLU is harming his/her career and have told the JBLU pilots they could not ride.
While I am not questioning Captains authority I am questioning the politics involved in denying a commuting pilot a jumpseat. Many of the Captains involved are JFK based and are at the forefront of the battle for turf.
I ask all that commute, especially on JBLU to remind those that want to deny jumpseats for political reasons the problems this will cause for all of us. JBLU has one of the most liberal policies for jumpseats, they will take multiple jumpseaters, flight attendants and allow UAL pilots to sit in a F/A jumpseat to get on a flight. Many of our Florida commuters rely on the good graces of the JBLU crews, and a small group of UAL Captains is going to ruin this in the very near future if we can not have a truly reciprocal agreement.
Like everyone I would like to find someone or something to blame for the problems at UAL. However, in my opinion our problems can be traced more to our corporate headquarters than to another carrier. As the jumpseat coordinator for UAL I have received only one denial of a UAL pilot on an offline carrier in over two years. In the past year I have had at least one to two denials by UAL Captains for of offline pilots each month. As professional pilots we often complain that we are not compensated as a professional. However, when we allow personal opinions and ideas to influence who is allowed to jumpseat on our airplanes we are not meeting the mark of the professional that we want to be compensated as.
Thanks for listening.
Jim Frank
UAL MEC JSCC
To all UAL ALPA pilots.
Today I received the fourth denial of a JBLU pilot on the UAL jumpseat in just over two months. In each case the Captain has decided that JBLU is harming his/her career and have told the JBLU pilots they could not ride.
While I am not questioning Captains authority I am questioning the politics involved in denying a commuting pilot a jumpseat. Many of the Captains involved are JFK based and are at the forefront of the battle for turf.
I ask all that commute, especially on JBLU to remind those that want to deny jumpseats for political reasons the problems this will cause for all of us. JBLU has one of the most liberal policies for jumpseats, they will take multiple jumpseaters, flight attendants and allow UAL pilots to sit in a F/A jumpseat to get on a flight. Many of our Florida commuters rely on the good graces of the JBLU crews, and a small group of UAL Captains is going to ruin this in the very near future if we can not have a truly reciprocal agreement.
Like everyone I would like to find someone or something to blame for the problems at UAL. However, in my opinion our problems can be traced more to our corporate headquarters than to another carrier. As the jumpseat coordinator for UAL I have received only one denial of a UAL pilot on an offline carrier in over two years. In the past year I have had at least one to two denials by UAL Captains for of offline pilots each month. As professional pilots we often complain that we are not compensated as a professional. However, when we allow personal opinions and ideas to influence who is allowed to jumpseat on our airplanes we are not meeting the mark of the professional that we want to be compensated as.
Thanks for listening.
Jim Frank
UAL MEC JSCC
