PIC of air carrier medium large transport allowed unauthorized person to occupy cockpit jump seat.

Attributes
ACN	121044
Time
Date	198908
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	121044
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Allowed unauthorized (by company) person to situation on cockpit jump seat rather than be left behind at pit. In retrospect, I can say that this was a decision of poor judgement, especially since other crew members could have also been chastised for this decision.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PIC OF ACR MLG ALLOWED UNAUTH PERSON TO OCCUPY COCKPIT JUMP SEAT.

Narrative: ALLOWED UNAUTH (BY COMPANY) PERSON TO SIT ON COCKPIT JUMP SEAT RATHER THAN BE LEFT BEHIND AT PIT. IN RETROSPECT, I CAN SAY THAT THIS WAS A DECISION OF POOR JUDGEMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE OTHER CREW MEMBERS COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN CHASTISED FOR THIS DECISION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.