Jumpseat Expert Training

This course covers jumpseat history, policy, and regulations in the U.S. and Canada. Members will develop communication skills and advocate for pilot-in-command authority to support jumpseat travel.

Course Content

During this course you will be able to demonstrate knowledge of jumpseat history and policy in the U.S. and Canada, access and apply jumpseat regulations and resources, develop communication and soft skills, advocate unrestricted PIC authority for all JS operations to succeed in your role in facilitating JS travel. You will be able to recognize the importance of your meta-leadership role in the ASO Jumpseat mission, and how non-compliance may result in loss of jumpseat privileges for all pilots.

The course is mostly an interactive lecture. Lecture periods are broken into short segments that are interspersed with student activities. Some topics are covered in a discussion format rather than lecture. Activities allow students to access content online, answer online quiz questions, make decisions, commit to and advocate their positions. Students also practice soft skills—collaborating with each other to produce consensus on problems with multiple “correct” solutions.

Download the syllabus.

Mission

This 12-hour (1.5-day) follow-on course prepares participants to effectively serve within the ALPA ASO Jumpseat structure in the role of their MEC jumpseat chair, jumpseat coordinator, or jumpseat committee member. This is the only specialty course in the jumpseat training curriculum.

Prerequisites

ALPA 101 FAST (Concurrent enrollment is authorized. See Course Syllabus.)

Who Should Attend?

Pilot Jumpseat Representatives

Attendance Approval

ALPA Members: Must have approval from their Jumpseat chair or MEC chair prior to registration.
Nonmembers: Email an ALPA staff member about course attendance. (There may be a $500 registration fee to attend.)

Expenses

Your MEC Jumpseat Committee's budget pays for all of your pilot expenses: travel, sleeping rooms, meals, and flight pay loss (if required). This includes no-shows for hotel rooms where reservations have been requested and NOT canceled 48 hours prior to arrival and/or if the attendee fails to notify the hotel, during check-in, of a different departure date than the date reserved.