well i am really sorry but I think the new policy has some good points too. I dont quite appreciate the way you highlight the word partners! The policy quite rightly addresses the fact that as single staff have been disadvantaged for a number of years over staff who go on board with the whole families, it now puts it right! Now you are allowed two travel companions who can travel independently! They dont have to be love partners, children or anything else. You can change them every six months and I find this very fair.