west lakes
Just to clarify ST a little
I can see the concern of the commuters which this offer does seem to cover,
It has far less affect on those commuters with little service as onloading from standby is in simple terms, after commercial standbys are accommodated, the longest serving are on first subject to seat availability.
What, further, seems odd is that no-one on the CC thread seems to have pointed this out to Ava, the very issue which seems to be making her vote to turn the offer down!
As a long serving CC she would go to the very back of the standby queue thus significantly reducing the chance of getting a seat. That in turn would mean either trying BA day(s) earlier or another carrier direct to London - Virgin or SAA ( very low priority ) or another carrier via Europe / the Gulf with yet another standby or at a last resort, financially, some form of commercial fare.