NN said “The thinking is that Airline Clubs have no value as you cannot purchase them and they do not apply to an agency specifically but to the individual”.
There are many ‘gifts’ or ‘favours’ or ‘rewards’ in life that can be awarded to an individual and said favour may not have a quantifiable financial value attached to it. However, that does not necessarily mean that it is morally and ethically acceptable. Example; does the Director of Aviation Safety and his Minister, both being given priveleged CL membership, pass the pub test? HARDLY. It’s the same with Politician payrises. So that they are seen as being ‘honorable and above board’, a ‘remuneration tribunal’ undertakes salary reviews and provides the recommendations. So when a Pollie gets a 20% payrise he says ‘it wasn’t me, the tribunal do that’. Ironic how the tribunal is paid its salaries by the Government and the politicians don’t have to go through enterprise bargaining and lose something, nor do they ever get a ****ty 3% or 1x1x1 deal over three years.
There is more than one way to skin a cat and Australia’s elite have it all worked out meticulously.