Originally Posted by
monkey.tennis
I’ve had both BA staff travel and easyJet staff travel over the years and if I had to pick one it would be easyJet 100%. So much more useful getting around UK and Europe for next to nothing than the odd long haul trip that you may well get left behind on. And I gather since I left things have got worse with everyone having free tickets coming out their ears, a standby is no use.
Flying the flag is novel for about a week. Don’t base your career decisions on it.
Also having done both my opinion is that BA’s is far superior. Admittedly I don’t have children and therefore am booking for 2 outside of school holidays, but in ten years of using annual bookable tickets and z tickets the worst seat I’ve sat in is traveller plus to Cape Town. As LH pilot I can say it’s extremely rare that people get left behind, except for the India flights where there is a very strong demand for staff travel.
All that said, don’t change job for staff travel, change job because the roster, remuneration and lifestyle work for you. Staff travel is a benefit.