Originally Posted by YorkieFlyer (Post 18470409)

I've just had a chuckle to myself over on the BA board and thought I'd pop back over and share that things have evidently so out of hand that the mods are calling for reinforcements of Ambassadors? or what seems to be Blunket's Bobbies (Community Support Officers) to help keep order in the ground now that we've been promoted to their Premier League:D

Originally Posted by starflyergold (Post 18470693)

Now now :D The Ambassador programme operates already in a number of FlyerTalk fora and is no reflection on the waywardness of the regular posters in said fora.

There are calls for Ambassadors in a number of fora at the moment: Amtrak, National, Hilton, Avis, Argentina, South America, Africa etc.

Originally Posted by HIDDY (Post 18470830)

Only the Mods get issued with feather dusters and steel toe capped boots. ;)

Originally Posted by YorkieFlyer (Post 18470409)

I've just had a chuckle to myself over on the BA board and thought I'd pop back over and share that things have evidently so out of hand that the mods are calling for reinforcements of Ambassadors? or what seems to be Blunket's Bobbies (Community Support Officers) to help keep order in the ground now that we've been promoted to their Premier League:D

Originally Posted by HIDDY (Post 18470830)

Indeed.....and the role of Ambassador is more one of welcoming and pointing new posters in the right direction rather than one of policing unruly members.
Only the Mods get issued with feather dusters and steel toe capped boots. ;)

Originally Posted by T8191 (Post 17731481)

1. It's a precautionary "Group Hug" ;)

2. Absolutely ... different routes/schedules for a start. I have no idea which is/was better, as BMI doesn't/didn't fly the routes I want ... apart from the one they scrubbed the day after I booked it :D

Originally Posted by YorkieFlyer (Post 18471935)

Do we get an ambassadors reception with Ferrero Rocher 'n all? :D

Originally Posted by HIDDY (Post 18470830)

Indeed.....and the role of Ambassador is more one of welcoming and pointing new posters in the right direction rather than one of policing unruly members.
Only the Mods get issued with feather dusters and steel toe capped boots. ;)

Originally Posted by dark_horse (Post 18457091)

If I may give my view here, as a BA regular (but one who spends all my time at the back of the aircraft)...

I've got some sympathy for the criticisms of the BA forum. BA has targeted premium pax for a fair period, and it's no co-incidence that much of the talk is about First and Business classes. It's not quite 20% of the people providing 80% of the chat, but Economy definitely doesn't get the coverage it should - which makes much of it irrelevant for me (redemption flights excepted!).

And yet, despite that, I rather enjoy it over there. The banter - while often robust - can be far more intelligent than expected on an Internet forum. The insights have made my travelling life far more comfortable than I expected. And, of course, I've learnt how to get myself up towards the front of the aircraft for minimal cost too... :)

So if the imminent onset of the massed ranks of BMI's babies [sic] is about to bring some balance and order to the BA forum, I say "good." Because while BD might be being absorbed into BA, the BA board has no such ownership structure.

It will become what you make of it.

Originally Posted by bullroot (Post 18474591)

Its a classic example of the 90,9,1 phenomenon on forums. 1 per cent are the frequent posters.... A lot of time is on people's hands it seems.

Originally Posted by bullroot (Post 18474591)

They then massively over analyze every part of business class flying such as how to eat a scone or when to wear the rubbish pajamas that you can get in first class. A lot of time is on people's hands it seems.

Originally Posted by rxfleming (Post 18474999)

Ambassadors? Pfft. What a complete fantasy. Like someone else has said, it's Orwellian and treating people like babies.

I see this point every day over there. More, they treat the BA forum like a sanctum to discuss ANYTHING. For instance, there is always a post about BAA security wait times, or someone posts about hospital bills, or what you wear when you travel... yesterday, they talked about Skylon. That really took the biscuit - the reason being, it was 'british' and 'aeronautical' and 'really quite cool'.

OT posts are the norm.

Originally Posted by LonLH (Post 18474288)

iMO, every member should then be a de facto ambassador. The idea of nominating some person with "proven desirable qualities" to welcome newbies, pass on their infinite wisdom to newcomers sounds a bit silly as all of us should be doing it

Originally Posted by bullroot (Post 18474591)

Of that, few seem to fly in business or first more than a couple times per year, and it seems mostly via shopping in tesco.