You seem to think that I think I am entitled to something?

Never once did I mention that I have a right to stand-by or say that BA must allow because of what the alliance page said. Rather, I just asked to clarify because information appeared on oneworld.com that contradicted some of the information here. And yes, where I come from, standing by is a common and regular occurance in the US.

Let me copy and paste what I said, just so you are aware that I am not saying i am entitled to anything which you clearly put so much thought into from the above post:

"is it possible for an AA PLT to standby on an earlier BCN/LHR flight?" (extracted from original post).

Thank you all for your responses.