Cpt. Underpants,
Do you think this does not go on within VS? The point is that VS don't give a sh*t. My buddy with them says yes they know that happens but the numbers who do it are small and at the end of the day Virgin don't really care as it's too petty for them to bother about.
In their view its a benefit and the staff can do with it as they wish. No matter what benefit you give people will always find a way of abusing it.
My wife and I have no alive parents and I once asked Cathay could we add our helper as we have 3 kids and it would be a great help if she came with us when we went back home, on holiday etc. The answer from BN was "CANNOT." Yes maybe some (very few) did abuse the system but he and I both knew this was a very genuine case as it is for many people in CX but because it would greatly help me out at zero cost to CX then that made it an even bigger reason to say no. I mean why have a happy employee?
OSO