[Regina]

Stories like this make me cringe about giving out buddy passes. It makes me wonder how people we give passes to react. I know that I hate giving out buddy passes because I don't like the calls of, "I didn't get on...what should I do? It doesn't look good....what should I do." etc.

My mom supposably lost some jewelry one time flying on a buddy pass....(wasn't there, so I have no clue if she had it, left it somewhere, had it stolen, or what). She got back from her flight, the flight she used a buddy pass for, and she started panicking about someone stealing her jewelery. She started causing a big stink about it. I told her that she can't cause a stink about it or else it could possibly hurt my husband's job....she should have had the jewelry with her, not taken it, etc. Anyway, my point is that I feel anxiety about non-rev flying because I feel that their are certain standards for non-revs....basically, not complaining or making yourself a problem for the airline. I think it is a privilege that we have and even though we don't get to use it (ever try flying with 9 non-revs? ha ha), it is nice to have. : )