But seriously, folks... here is the link to the AC missive:
http://www.achorizons.ca/en/issues/2...yee_travel.htm
The language indicates that any threat of loss of travel privileges in the memo is confined to the individual who is found to be in violation of policy, where as the "journalist" from the Herald takes great pains to formulate this masterpiece of wordcraft:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Staff were told by Air Canada this month that the perks -- a key luxury of working for an airline -- are "special benefits" employees could lose.</font>
I slept through most of my high school and university English classes, but this sentence tends to infer that the company can and will pull the plug on the employee travel plan altogther, rather than place emphasis on individual punishment, does it not?
Either way, when the source material and the resulting article are considered side by side, it's much ado about nothing.