Thread: Booking while inactive...

So, as I mentioned in my introduction, I worked for NW at MSP over the summer, just a temporary part time job so I could spend the summer nonreving. I'm still an employee, technically, but inactive. They took my airport security badge as well as my NWA badge on my last day. A few weeks after I was done, I could no longer get into our employee website. I figured it was because I was no longer active, no surprises there. Then, a couple weeks ago, I found out from a former coworker that we just had to reset our password, and we were back in. Surprise! It worked. Not only did it work, but it all seemed to be just the way it was when I was an active employee. I can see company news (yawn ). I can see flight availability. I can view flight waiting lists. And, from the looks of things, I can list for a flight. The page loads, and similar pages function.

Obviously, I haven't tried it, nor do I plan to, but.... it's like walking down the street, and you see a big red button. Next to it is a sign, one that says, "do not press the big red button." You can assume you'd get in trouble if you do, but in the back of your mind, you wonder what would happen. Would the booking request actually go through? If so, how far could I go with it? Would I be able to check in? Would my boarding pass scan? What if I need to relist because of a full flight, and the gate agent notices that I'm not an active employee? I think that the one point I'd be most likely to get caught in is if I were to fly a lot of international or F/C, seeing as how they take that out of my paycheck. Since I'm not an active employee, that'd raise a red flag when people up there have to ask, "what paycheck?"

Any thoughts? The curiosity here is driving me nuts