Originally Posted by
kingalien
I've never flown AS but I would think that checking in through AS still gives you a CO sequence number and would be transferred over to the FC standby list even if you are added manually.
Sequence number has nothing to do with the first class standby list.
He needs a CO agent to add him to the FC standby list for that flight. If his station has both AS and CO reps, and CO is open, he can get CO to do it from there. But this is a CO-only function as far as I know.