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How does staff travel work?
Travel concessions are a non-contractual benefit provided at the company's discretion
Current and retired staff used more than 60,000
bookable concessions during 09/10, a significant rise since a more flexible policy was introduced in April 2009.
The airline incurs direct costs of putting an additional passenger onto a plane and the costs of the infrastructure that supports staff travel.
Colleagues pay a £10 booking fee to cover some of the costs.
Although strictly a personal tax liability, BA chooses to pick up the tax bill on behalf of both employees and pensioners and settles this with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs every year."
I worked for the best part of 50 years, without any "perks". I have read all the cc posts elsewhere and know enough that there are many very good people working for BA.
That said, reading these posts it is difficult not to conclude that BA has become an airline run for the benefit of its employees. Cheap/free flights and tax liability paid by the company.
Should I and my family continue to patronise these people? I think not.