In reply to the poster who says staff travel in BA (along with other co's) is too costly to run, this is not correct. We book our seats online not through an office. Does this cost money - one thing it does do is actually MAKE money for BA - you would think that the concept would be embraced not be in danger of being discontinued!
Hotline tickets can be purchased as of this moment which are "commercial tickets" even this will be denied to retirees when their allotted number of years run out.