How to Use jump seat in a Sentence

jump seat

noun
  • She was found still strapped in her jump seat lying on the tarmac.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The plane’s captain must approve who rides in the cockpit jump seats.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Tremblay was found still strapped in her jump seat when first responders showed up.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Should the plane suddenly drop, the passenger seats can bear a force of sixteen g’s; the jump seats have harnesses to hold down the crew.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The pilot riding in the jump seat must show the captain a pilot’s license and medical clearance, Rodger said.
    — CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The video shows the passenger seated not in a standard economy row but in a wide, open area of the aircraft, positioned in a hallway space near jump seats.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Crouched down in her jump seat hiding from the hijackers, Ong calmly reported their names and seat numbers to the FBI before her death.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Inside, there’s a unique two-tone color split for throne-like front seats and rear jump seats, with standard Dinamica—akin to nubby Alcantara—dressing seat inserts and door trim.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • Tremblay’s survival likely owed in part to the four-point restraint and robust mounting of flight attendant jump seats, which are designed to withstand higher crash loads than standard passenger seats, according to safety experts.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane's engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit's jump seat, was sentenced Monday in federal court to time served and three years of supervised release.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Solange Tremblay, a veteran crew member on Jazz Aviation Flight 8646 operated for Air Canada Express, was found alive on the tarmac still strapped into her jump seat after the March 22 crash, according to her daughter Sarah Lepine.
    — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The attendant, identified by her family as Solange Tremblay, remained strapped into her jump seat when she was ejected during the crash of Air Canada/Jazz flight 8646 inbound from Montreal, her daughter, Sarah Lepine, said in a GoFundMe campaign for her mother's medical expenses.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026

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