Deadheading and Jump Seats In aviation, deadheading is the practice of carrying members of an airlines flight staff free of charge when they are not working. This most often happens when airline crew are located in the wrong place and need to travel to take up their duties (positioning). A crewman or pilot of stationed in another city can ask to get on one of the two vacant pilots cabin seats at the last minute without administrative clearance, as a professional courteously. A jump seat (or jumpseat), in aviation refers to an auxiliary seat for individuals—other than normal passengers—who are not operating the aircraft. In aircraft, jump seats—which are officially termed auxiliary crew stations—in the passed were mosst commonly located in cockpits. Confidence trickster Frank Abagnale, dressed as a pilot, (see movie 2002 Catch Me If You Can Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio Martin Sheen) impersonated a pilot and supposedly deadheaded on more than 250 flights. In 1994, on Fedex Flight 705, employee Auburn Calloway attempted to crash the plane he was deadheading on.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:14:01 +0000
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