Thread: How does DL buddy passes work?

What about commuters who just arrive an hour or less prior because they were working a flight? Or reroutes, weather delays. That won't work with legacy carriers. So many legacy employees don't live at base and they have a lot more than a few bases in the US alone. You're dealing with a point to point carrier. We don't allow shirts to get preferential treatment on standby any more either. I think that's fair.

Too much anxiety for me! (did they get here before me? was I late?) I prefer a more level playground based on seniority. wink.
Cheers!

NOT what I wrote. Read it again. What a moronic interpretation.
Yes, she deserves the same rights as employee spouse IF that is the airline policy. How can you not get that? I can't help if if you can't comprehend that simple rule and the logic as it applies. Doesn't matter if marriage is sudden, brief or many years.
Employee's immediate family has same rights as employee on our airline. I don't give a rodent's derierre what yours does. Gripe all you want, you aren't going to change our policy and it has nothing to do with you. (I'm picturing you squeezing an unopened beer can that it explodes, as your red blood pops out the top of your head like a cartoon thermometer.)

So its fair to get rid of the shirts for standby priority but its fair for you to travel above active employees. You call that a fair level playround? I don't know how this policy came about but obviously it was very political. At least, the shirts work for the airlines. Their standby priority was at least a PERK. Not everyone wanted to step up and become a supervisor, and give up all their union protection for little pay. Maybe not fair but I can at least see the arguement.
This conversation is not going anywhere. Why don't we drop it. Your point of view is very irritating to me, and I don't wish to get angry here to the point of saying something that will get me booted. For what its worth. Thanks for your response and viewpoint on the matter, at least you were honest to yourself about it. Thanks again.

Dona nobis pacem. Glad to disagree and I think your comments were way out of line, 29palms. I fly same as shirts and shirts' spouses. Doesn't effect you except for your vitriol.
BTW NW allowed shirts to upgrade with entire families any time they wanted without warning. Combination policy--best and worst of both worlds. We got stuck with 6 yr olds in business class. ARGH