Rainboe, Captain Airclues, et Albert Driver.......
Interesting responses to my anecdote about managing crew slip accommodation; I don't want to get into a slanging match, even in a gentlemanly fashion, but I can assure you that every word was fact, not a "good story" etc etc.
Of course, crews who behaved like that were - and I guess still are - a small minority.
Large items could easily be removed during the slip, not at the end of it. The hotel that lost its mirror (looking-glass to you, Rainboe, I suppose) was the first Hilton in Abu Dhabi; anyone who used it will remember that there were several ways of leaving other than past the concierge.
Certain aircrew, not only BOAC/BA, could become quite querulous about minor tribulations which the majority would take in their stride. On these occasions I had a useful last resort, handed to anyone in danger of becoming boring................
