nycbusdriver
Veteran
and now, those logging into the current travel website are greeting with this:
"A Note About NRSA Travel
Non-rev travel can be fun and a very valuable part of your employment with US Airways. We simply ask that you respect the needs of our customers and the employees who serve you while you travel. Please remember that pass travel is a privilege and pass travelers should conduct themselves accordingly while traveling on US Airways or any other carrier. As with any privilege, eligibility and/or employment can be suspended or terminated for failure to comply with US Airways policies and procedures, for misuse and/or misconduct. Employees and their pass riders are responsible for complying with the policies outlined in the Employee Travel Guide. For questions about travel privileges, contact.."
Anyone have idea what that is about? A wave of nonrevs behaving badly?
I think this has been the policy all along. And there have always been a small minority of pass riders, some who should know better and some who are literally clueless, who violate the policy. I think putting this policy right up front is an attempt at least to "clue in" the clueless. The unfortunate aspect of all this is that those who fly on passes, but are not employees, will rarely come across this policy absent the employee making it perfectly clear. On the rare occasions that I let a buddy pass go, I give a serious lecture on this policy, the status of the buddy pass rider (rock bottom,) and the rights of the buddy pass rider (none.) Often the lecture is enough to make the buddy pass rider go buy a ticket on JetBlue, Virgin America, AirTran, etc. (It's often cheaper, too.)