Originally Posted by
spainflyer
As an 8-year-in-a-row Platinum, I usually laugh or at least smile at the postings here that express shock!! shock!! that CO staff would upgrade non-rev colleagues after the door is closed or with a boarding pass meant for an innocent teenager. We have all heard these stories and many of us have seen these kinds of incidents.
Imagine my wonder when over on the BA board I was assured that this simply doesn’t happen on British! No shenanigans on BA, they insist.
Can this be true? Several posters insisted, and no one dissented. Assuming it is true, is this just an indication that Willie is a better manager than Jeff (or Larry) or is it a matter of national culture, sort of like the difference between doing business in Singapore or in Nigeria?
Probably. CO doesn't care about this. If they did, the employees involved would be 1) fired and 2) frog marched through the airport and prosecuted under the RICO statute for their crimes. After doing that a few times, the rest of the GAs would get under control. I personally think that no employee should be allowed in F until this has been corrected. Because it is better that they never see F, even with empty seats, than one elite miss an upgrade because of shenanigans by employees.