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Sharing my photos

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Dreamliner delivery flight
Dreamliner delivery flight

Sharing my photos

Going through my twitter feed this morning, I came across a tweet from British Airways suggesting that people upload their “stunning cloud photos taken from a British Airways flight” to the BA Business Life gallery. OK, I thought, I’ve got a couple of good ones, including this shot I took from on board BA’s first Boeing 787 delivery flight, just after leaving Seattle. Going to the Business Life site I clicked on the terms and conditions. The first clause was pretty much as expected:

1. By submitting your photographs you agree to grant Cedar Communications and British Airways a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, create derivative works from, distribute, make available to the public…. etc etc

But then I got to clause 1.2:

1.2. To the extent permitted by law, you waive your moral rights (e.g. the right to be identified as the author or to object to derogatory treatment) in your Content.

WTF? No attribution is already a pretty nasty clause. But waiving my rights to object to derogatory treatment? Well, since British Airways is part of International Airlines Group, my employers, I won’t criticise them. I guess the terms and conditions are spelt out clearly and nobody is obliged to submit their photos if they don’t want to. But it certainly put me off and so I am sharing this photo via my blog, where I don’t have to waive my rights just to share a photo with the world.

And on the off-chance that BA would like to reuse this photo and is prepared to discuss less onerous terms, I think you know where to find me!

IAG becomes a reality

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IAG Merger

IAG Merger

Shares in International Airlines Group (IAG) commenced trading today. IAG has been created as the new holding company for British Airways and Iberia, following the merger of the two companies.

The final legal steps were completed over the weekend, the end of a long and complex transaction process.

The IAG team also moved into our new accommodation on Friday, just along the road from Waterside, the BA headquarters building near Heathrow.

Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to bring IAG finally to life. Its been a long road but we got there in the end. In the words of Louis L’Amour, “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”

First flight on OpenSkies

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Boarding pass

Boarding pass

Went on my first flight with OpenSkies last month. Being based in London, there hadn’t been much occasion to use the service before. But heading out to New York for a Board meeting, I decided to take the time to make a quick detour via Paris.

The service was excellent in every way. Great seats, food and wine and good service on the ground too. Of particular note was the friendliness and professionalism of crew. Overall, superb.

For more information pop over to the OpenSkies website on https://www.flyopenskies.com/splash

Finally

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Tailfins

We finally secured approval this week for an immunised deal with our alliance partners American Airlines and Iberia. It has been a long time coming. The final step was to secure approval from the US Department of Transport, which was granted last Tuesday evening, fourteen years after we first attempted to get a deal approved with American.

Better late than never.

London City New York, first flight

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BA1, ready to depart

BA1, ready to depart

I was at London City airport this morning to see off the first BA flight to New York. It took me over an hour and a half to get there from my office near Heathrow. Which is the point really – if you live or work on the east side of London, that’s how much advantage you get from using this new service compared to flying from Heathrow.