itsmeitisss

Can someone in FT towers please enter the word "Apologist" in the naughty word filter. I'm getting fed up with seeing it used to dismiss an argument. I'm quite surprised to see Short Final using it, but it does get used too often and is divisive.

Every time my name is used on a plane by a CSD/M is that abusing DPA?

I've been told my CIV score in a roundabout way - "Mr itsmeitisss nice to have you on board, 97 flights, impressive! Please call me if you need anything. Enjoy your flight." I'm a low rent GGL, and may not be even that next year. And no, I didn't ask for my score.

I think more common sense is required. As a store manager I used to discuss the fact that a customer had been a long standing one. The notion that that might be breaking the law is crazy.

DrunkCargo

Yours is bigger than mine? Not knowing what CIV was (not a BA flyer), I actually only started reading this thread because I was afraid they tracked how much we drink on flights and maybe flag the "bad" pax for monitoring. =)

I'm surprised BA doesn't just tell their customers how valued they are directly. From everything I read here, it seems the CIV score is not normally revealed even to the specific customer in question.

DrunkCargo

He declared he was drunk... does intent play into this in any way? any armchair lawyers here? =)

AA_EXP09

And even with the PIN my CC issuer would flag ANY cash advance made as I have never made one in my entire credit history.
(Even if I did need to borrow money, I would NOT use a CC.)
As for bank details, they can see it just fine.
(It is mainly CC payments, deposits, and transfers to other accounts.)

DrunkCargo

Is it by chance based on actual revenue as opposed to miles flown? FF status is not necessarily correlated to spend. The biggest spenders I know have no statuses and fly from Toronto to Chicago at $1400 one-way, sitting in Y cabin. It's cheaper than chartering citation V, and I know they easily drop $50k/year into a single airline. No idea if the airline recognizes this tho...

or that you're receiving a halal meal...

louie-m

Interesting example. Seems to me that this is a perfect example of why many people think this law more often protects the guilty than the innocent.

DrunkCargo

How would you feel if, at the gate, the gate agent asks for passenger "Short Final" to come to the desk. Please present yourself and publicly make yourself known that you are "Short Final"?

I suppose you could feign hearing impairment and just ignore the call, but it might be an upgrade!!!

Oh, it's awesome too when I hear both first and last name called out. Perhaps Mr. Final is a very common name, or in the case of foreign names, impossible for the GA to ascertain which is genuinely the first vs. last name.

*poke poke* the live cargo when I am in the zoo...

I still say the OP was over international waters, so take your UK acts and eat them. How do I know this? I invent facts while sitting in lounges.

DrunkCargo

there's a saying about kettles and pots or something.... this is your culture, not mine

Paralytic

Incite. Still laughing at that one.

whiskerxx

(@:-) Diary note to self......leave it a couple of weeks and then start a thread about CIV scores, and note I was shown the manifest.)
Then:
Follow the Fireworks Code.
• Keep fireworks in a closed box

• Follow the instructions on each firework

• Light all fireworks at arms length

• Stand well back

• Never go back to a lit firework

• Never put fireworks in your pocket

• Never throw fireworks

• Keep Pets indoors


Unlike some, I find it all utterly amusing!

Short Final

The aircraft is a G reg (UK) aircraft.

The company that operates the aircraft is a UK company.

Need I say more.

DrunkCargo

But mine is bigger than yours!!!

I think the spirit of the OP (at time of supposed breach) was sporting, the goal of which was to entertain himself and a companion with silly chat. This is exactly in keeping with the spirit you mention, and I wholeheartedly agree this is ultimately the goal of any system of jurisprudence: peace.

There's more (seeming) anonymity in the forum than face to face. Seems to me a lot of people behave less civilly when there's a sense they won't be "caught" doing so. Or rather, maybe people behave more civilly in person since they will have to deal with the consequences (ie, retort, rebuttal, or retaliation in various forms) immediately.


Sometimes it's just fun to fling your dung around. And in my case, to increase my post count so mine is just as big as yours!

Littlegirl

It is not against the Data Protection Law to see your CIV.

What is against the Data Protection Law is for the list of passengers on the flight to be given to you to have a look at.

I think the mods should close this thread because other than people enjoying insulting each other, it is getting nowhere fast.

Short Final

Thank you Littlegirl. The sack bit was admittedly probably stringing it out a bit, but I do feel they do need a good talking to by their line manager and a resit of their data protection exam scheduled ASAP.

Now can we all let this thread die ?

DrunkCargo

I'd say that dude ain't that high profile if he's flying on the same metal as me. We are talking about commercially available seats, not private jets.

Besides, if there was some high profile dude onboard, I'd expect s/he's publicly identifiable by merely gazing at his face/stance/gait/etc... Such an individual has decidedly become "public" and has given up some privacy as a result. (the right/wrong of which is not within the scope of an airline/pax to decide)

Privacy is a myth of insecurity, especially when frolicking among the public. (ie, on a plane with others, in a public library, walking on the public streets, etc.) Society is grand ain't it?