African Dude
Oh yes, quite, quite real. There's film, admittedly distorted, of him doing it.
1DC
The way it was portrayed (which doesn't mean it's the way it ACTUALLY happened, of course), it would appear that our chummy journo walked in late (on several occasions), walked into a BA office and took a BA vest then proceeded out onto the ramp without being challenged.
As was pointed out by a specialist early this morning on Sky news, though, he believed the journo must have had inside help to know WHICH office was unlocked and WHICH door to slip through, and WHERE the hole in the fence was...
Take that
BAA