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Old 3rd Sep 2013, 05:24
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So you have never moved people, on the Suspicion that leaving them in the same job will come back to haunt you, people do it every day
Presumably written by a non-pilot. Let's just forget this red herring of BA moving pilots to different positions within the Company. Pilots employed by BA are employed as pilots, they do not get moved around into different positions. Clearly I'm talking about the norm and not, for instance, the occasions when pilots have been used as cabin crew when times were tough.

If Simon was found guilty during the previous investigation, charged and sentenced, then BA would have done something about it. As it was, he wasn't charged and BA would have been subject to some very serious employment regulation breeches had they tried to remove him from his post based on, at the time, unsubstantiated information.

BA normally pounce on PR opportunities and Simon volunteering his time to work in the orphanages etc would have been prime material to promulgate for all to see the selflessness of BA's pilots. The fact that they didn't is one indication they had no idea about his activities outside of work. Likewise, BA do not monitor your every move when down route, so were further unlikely to have a clue. His 'work' was clearly not supported by BA or else he'd almost certainly (at times) be given permission to wear his uniform for PR photos. The fact that he wore a 'fake' is a pretty certain indication that his wearing of his BA uniform was not sanctioned.

Forgetting this happened overseas, BA is not responsible for the actions of its employees 100% of the time. He was off duty when he went to the orphanage and it's no different to, for instance, a Virgin Atlantic pilot date raping a girl in a Crawley nightclub. Why would Virgin be held responsible for something one of their employees did whilst off duty and why should BA be any different? I'm not ignoring the fact that Simon abused his roster bidding position as a pilot to transport him to where he wanted to be but, once there, he's no different to any other Joe Bloggs and was not acting as a BA representative in any way....not even the uniform.

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