Harrogate:
Comission is not a perk for the cabin crew, it's a large percentage of their salary. It means they may lose up to £4-5k a year and their mortgages are based on this figure. We're not talking about losing the right to buy a sandwich on board at half price here.
Of course everyone would rather keep their jobs but this has had another big hit on crew moral. 757 Flyer hits the nail on the head when he points out that whilst the crew lose this money in the name of the company, they have to watch the company throw thousands away on useless schemes by out-of-touch marketing and HR bods.