Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I'm not a "legally" legitimate jumpseat rider, but of course I haven't been invited forward on a US carrier. There is one UA partner who flies (or at one recent time, flew) a commuter plane with an open cockpit space and one of the passenger seats was basically a co-pilot spot. What about that?
Cape Air. The operating certificate is completely different.
Poster is correct that unauthorized persons in the cockpit is a violation of federal regulations, in general.