Airlines that are subsidized with public money, (either direct handouts, or using public airports that are funded with public money, etc.), MUST treat people equally... they don't have the right to discriminate against people by not disclosing pecking orders. I believe one could easily claim "Equal protection under the law".

During this thread, there has been LOTS of talk of things like, "oh, I've seen the pecking order on American", and "sure, I know at one point I heard about United's pecking order", but NO ONE has pasted WRITTEN pecking order rules from any airline...because they don't exist in writing, (and certainly not in writing for public reading). The words "subject to change without notice" never would hold up in a court of law. I'm told companies often put that down, because they think they are now COVERED in EVERY SITUATION, but I know of not instance where that has held up in any legitimate court. I admit it might hold up in a place like Bahrain...

In case the moderator moves this over to OMNI, as threatened, please remember the original posting of this topic, which was about people with different types of tickets/classes, get DIFFERENT UNDISCLOSED rights in irregular operations situations, and people have a right to know what rights come with each kind of ticket, in writing, and in advance of buying the ticket.

Naturally, on a discussion board of TYPICAL flyers, that is economy people on discount tickets, I'm confident the vast majority of flyers would agree that they are entitled to EQUAL RIGHTS, (the right to know what they are buying). It's a fairly simply concept. I'm not surprised people here don't agree with that, since you're out for your own selfish interests, which include wanting priority in irregular situations, based on how many past tickets you have have bought from the airline. This is wrong and has nothing to do with who should get priority in an irregular situation.
I close by saying that I regret that I singled out British Airways, since I believe this problem is universal to all airlines.
Jim