Originally Posted by
ctownflyer
That's my problem with this. They made giant media events to celebrate Tom. They named planes after him. They did not have to do any of that, and indeed, if they truly didn't want the pass disclosed, then they should not have done any of that. Was he supposed to lie when an interviewer inevitably asked point-blank how much he spent on UA tickets?
Or was UA just leading down a path of entrapment that would cause him to forfeit his pass by disclosing it to the media?
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Just like Kirby, he could have sidestepped the question about how much money he spent on UA tickets. After all, it's a private matter.
And as someone who had been quoted by the WSJ (thanks to FT, actually), never trust the press.