BA worker 'suspended for taking backhanders from celebs'
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"The walkway had been removed but Mr Underwood ordered it be returned to the side of the jet"
Can this even be done by anybody except the Captain of the flight? I thought the Captain agreed to close the doors once he was informed everything is ready.
I doubt any Captain would allow the doors to opened again just because some passenger is late, unless ordered to do so by somebody suitably senior, and I doubt that would include Special Services.
Can this even be done by anybody except the Captain of the flight? I thought the Captain agreed to close the doors once he was informed everything is ready.
I doubt any Captain would allow the doors to opened again just because some passenger is late, unless ordered to do so by somebody suitably senior, and I doubt that would include Special Services.
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There is even more than the usual amount of hearsay and circumstantial evidence in this particular Sun article. Suggestion of impropriety on the basis of the zoopla value of somebody's home or the cars in the drive is pretty low.
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"The walkway had been removed but Mr Underwood ordered it be returned to the side of the jet"
Can this even be done by anybody except the Captain of the flight? I thought the Captain agreed to close the doors once he was informed everything is ready.
I doubt any Captain would allow the doors to opened again just because some passenger is late, unless ordered to do so by somebody suitably senior, and I doubt that would include Special Services.
Can this even be done by anybody except the Captain of the flight? I thought the Captain agreed to close the doors once he was informed everything is ready.
I doubt any Captain would allow the doors to opened again just because some passenger is late, unless ordered to do so by somebody suitably senior, and I doubt that would include Special Services.