Very picky/pedantic
Fact:PILOTS COMMUTE
Best way:Ticketed(ID00) normal channels,sits in Business,free champagne no uniform
Option 1:Ticketed(ID00) normal channels,sits in Business,no champagne in uniform
Option 2:Crew ID on Gen Dec,crew channels,sits in Business no champs
Option 3:Crew ID on Gen Dec,crew channels,j/s ride
Option 4:Crew ID no Gen Dec,crew channels,(used pre 911,still used except some places)
Option 5:Crew ID at gate in transit,ask operating skipper direct-works domestic
Option 6:Crew ID at Flt OPS of another carrier and ask crew for j/s-works well in Asia
The impossible option(so it would seem):try to commute from or to any UK airport without a passenger ticket.
I note i)an OPERATING crew member arriving at LHR,for example,can not enter the departure shopping area during a turnaround without first exiting through arrivals and then re-entering through normal departure channels.Pilots like to shop.Its one of the perks.Its done the world over except...where the lunatics run the asylum.
i)An operating crew member on a turnaround at a UK airport can and sometimes is literally prevented from performing a walkaround due jetway sec code access.And when access is given(they wont give code)you cant get back in!NUTS.
Fortunately,I dont commute via EU much.But if I had to,I would avoid the UK.