Come on let's get some perspective here. We all know that in the past things went on that wouldn't even be a starter today, but the industry has developed especially over the last 10/15 years so the kind of things mentioned earlier have been pretty well if not totally eradicated.
There is a very good educational case for Fam flights to exist both for the ATCO and also for the flight crews. If the right balance is struck- and in my experience nowadays it is-i then there is no need for the suspension to continue.
PS. My vivid memory was a Laker A300 ferrying to Palma from MAN. At FL370 ALL the crew and I except the Pilot Flying were in the forward hold -accessed I seem to remember beneath the Jump Seat, no doubt I'll be corrected if wrong -dancing to music on a cassette recorder with a few tinnies.
Ah the Good Old Days
