I knew as soon as I hit 'submit' someone would call me out on "rights" to use it. I should have said, "authorized". Every other 121 pilot is authorized to ride up front, yet because of some "glitch" our guys can't even get to work/home on Delta. I think it's pretty screwed up.
It's very screwed up. You can point fingers both ways on this one, but I'll freely admit that the Company pretty much bungled their end of it.
I was told by more than one person that it was on the Delta mainline side. I had a 175 jumpseater out of SLC a couple weeks back saying it's been a huge headache and that Delta isn't in any hurry to fix it.
There's no hurry at all.
We should never have been issued the different PPRs, if you get right down to it; it's a "fix" for a "problem" that didn't exist. So that's one on us.
It definitely wouldn't, and I wouldn't really want to see it happen. I just thought it would be interesting to see what would happen to this "glitch" if mainline guys suddenly got denied a jumpseat by a Skywest CA.
Raised eyebrows, gnashing of teeth, angry phone calls to Mustache Central, I would guess.
DALPA knows this is a problem and when last I bothered to look into it (as it is a source of long running frustration, met with borderline condescension most of the time) there was talk of a paper jumpseat authorization system to keep Delta pilots out of the middle of it, and to let all of us get to/from work. Student Council here has finally warmed up to the fact that it's a problem for a small but growing minority of the pilot group. The Company has yet to understand that I cannot move an airplane that I cannot get to (note: I do not commute, but those who do are very hosed by this, and I bet if this got worked out our E75 reliability would be way up), and ante up to "fix" it.
So there ya go. I'll just slink off and fly my RJ now.
Basically what happened. Skywest flies 175s for United Express. They are United dedicated pilots only and are not offered Delta benefits. For commuting purposes (I'm guessing) Delta issued the 175 pilots a 410 PPR number (all the other pilots have 400 PPR numbers). This 410 PPR number brings up CASS ONLY on Skywest Delta Connection flights. It will not bring up CASS on Delta flights. The Delta IT made a booboo and Skywest is "in the queue" for a fix by the IT department.
More or less, yes. It's more complicated than that, I'm not even sure I can ride on our own (DCI) flights up front. I haven't tried lately - again - I live in base, and when I want to go somewhere, I know I can't get there if there's a widget on the tail.
