I routinely operated in & out of Africa & know the Nairobi and Entebbe scene very well. I often socialised with the BA crews in Entebbe. If this guy was wearing a Captain's uniform (someone posted that there is TV evidence of this) it will have been noticed by other crew members on lay-over. How come no-one, including his fellow Captains never said anything to him ? Often, the greater majority and some times the entire BA crew would go off to some school or orphanage for this type of, heartfelt, off duty activity.Wood's activity, in going off to some school dressed as a Captain, would not have gone without notice to his fellow crew members.
While on lay-over. Technically, you still represent your Company & your activities should be conducted in that respect. In my Company, there was a time when long haul crews started to go a bit over the top down route. We were all sent a reminder of codes of conduct and a warning that certain crew members might be switched to short-haul only unless behaviour was moderated. Very next day, tumbled into bed after an overnighter but huge noise in the pool. Looked out to observe one of our Captains' dressed as a hostess & a Hostess dressed as a Captain, frolicking wildly about while other crew members looked on, noisely too. Yes, they were "moved" to short-haul after being reported by Hotel staff. My point being that odd behavior does not go with notice. I also have first hand evidece of a F/O who liked to dress up as a girl as soon as we hit the Hotels. EVERYONE noticed that one. Yes, we stopped him. It WAS inappropriate behaviour whilst representing the Company on lay-overs. (Before you freedom of rights, cross dressers, trans-whatevers, politically correctness lobbyists, etc, etc, jump all over me).
Finally, 15 years as a FO and doing his fave trips has nothing to do with it. And, disparaging remarks about his professionalism is hardly helpful. Being Senior, he will have had a bid-line of choice. Preferring to remain in the RHS is probably a good career decision for many. I have flown with many career First Officers &, by the way, JW411 & others of the same ilk, a damn fine job they do of being the "Second in Command" and "work" very hard indeed.
On thread, not condoning any of this guy's disgusting and disgraceful behaviour. I do wonder how it was not noticed by anyone.