Originally Posted by
Intrance
The point of standby tickets is that you are not going if there is no empty seat for you (jumpseat rides excluded)... How is there a loss in revenue if the seat is otherwise empty, or better put, not sold? In case of a jumpseat ride it is even extra revenue as you usually can't sell that seat (until one of the LCCs catches on to that idea
).
It seems to be a difficult concept for the LOCO pilots to grasp. Really they’re just trying to justify the reason that don’t have access to ZED fares by knocking them. I’m sure staff travel at Wizz Air and EasyJet is much better than ZED fares.