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
  • The attendant then returned to her jump seat as the plane landed.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The flight attendant then returned to her jump seat as the plane landed.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021
  • One guide sits on a jump seat that is unfolded far out in front of the vehicle and very high above it.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The Ecto-1 is revealed to have a pop-out jump seat ideal for hunting ghosts on the fly.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 28 July 2021
  • The officers placed him in restraints and moved him to a jump seat at the front of the plane, the affidavit said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The front jump seat can even be removed by request, freeing up space for whatever else cops might want to put there.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The two young pilots of his twin-rotor transport had invited him to sit in the cockpit's third jump seat.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Further options include an engine-bay snorkel, a front bull bar, a winch, and the addition of rear jump seats.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And in the grand tradition of station wagons, there's even a set of rear-facing jump seats that fold out of the cargo floor.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2020
  • When the attendant returned to her jump seat, Quinonez started to film her with her cell phone, the complaint said.
    — Kathryn Krupnik, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The extra interior room goes to adjustable-backrest buckets and a pair of jump seats.
    — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Lots of kids could pile onto its bench and jump seats, while the rear storage, accessible by hatch, allowed for easy loading.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
  • On the drive, the emir would stop to hand commanders fistfuls of cash from the shopping bag under Padnos’ jump seat.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • When the jump seat is not in use, the seatback folds down to provide a front armrest and oddment stowage and a pair of additional cup-holders.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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 pilot who had flubbed the landing turned toward Lin Bao in the jump seat and sheepishly apologized.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Sport hunters there can legally rent a helicopter jump seat and shoot fleeing hogs with AR-15-style rifles.
    — Alex Horton, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Additional seating has also been added to the class five crew cab providing four seats across the back, a jump seat and driver seat to bring total seat to six.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In 1997, an off-duty pilot facing a disciplinary hearing the next day sat in a jump seat on a cargo plane.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • One of the passengers was sitting in the cockpit's jump seat and repeatedly insisted that the pilots attempt a landing.
    — Peter Greenberg, Town & Country, 7 Feb. 2014
  • In some models, the center console can be flipped back to create a jump seat between the driver and passenger, similar to a three-across bench in some full-size pickup trucks.
    — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 20 Jan. 2023
  • When the flight attendant returned to her jump seat, Quinonez allegedly started to film the Southwest employee.
    — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
  • There is an extra front row center seat — the jump seat — which is a brilliant new feature conceived for the Defender 110, the model loaned to me.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The 1500 Rev will not be equipped with the removable jump seats from the concept, which could have turned the Ram pickup into the first third-row truck.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Defenders come with two rows, although the longer 110 is available with three rows, and an optional front center jump seat, providing seating for up to eight.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2020

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