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Old 9th Jan 2003, 19:34
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Possibly......I know British Airways have been looking at reviewing our policies and making a separate charge for the service. Up to now, the service has incurred enormous costs which the airline has subsidised from profits made elsewhere in the business. Now, because Easyjet and Ryanair are forcing us to compete, we can no longer afford the luxury of "free" services.

The UNMINS we carry are safe as far as their time with BA is concerned, but we do question some of the motives behind sending teenage girls from former Eastern Bloc countries into Japan or Thailand! It is quite clear that a "white slave" trade exists.

Similarly, when we had the old Islamabad service, it was very apparent that many of the young girls (10 or 12 years old) did not want to go to Pakistan to be forced into an arranged marriage.

One thing is becoming clear, the "Skyflyers" product will be tightened up over the coming months.
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