This is not confined to Flyer and Fly Be or indeed aviation. Gordon has got his money hungry dogs sniffing around every industry looking for tax free portions of salary. Having seen the letter sent to Fly Be it makes it clear the revenue see FDP as a profit on behalf of the crew. That means it has to be taxed. Only the proportion of an allowance that covers an actual expense can be tax free. If this hasn't hit you yet it will. They are looking at every company. Any non taxable amount now has to be proved by each company through a receipts exercise. Easy for those with nightstops harder for those on day trips only.
Due to the amount of touring at flyer a receipts exercise should restore a large proportion of the tax free allowance.
Gordon needs the cash to waste on illegal wars and unhanded IT companies and he wants it from us !