Airline asks actors to fill bogus flights in bid to win £280,000 bonus
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Airline asks actors to fill bogus flights in bid to win £280,000 bonus         

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Author: Doug
Date: Mar 29, 2008 23:32

Damaging hypermobility run riot!

"An environmental row has erupted after a budget airline advertised
for budding actors to fill empty seats on superfluous flights in order
to meet strict passenger quotas.

Flybe put on eight additional flights between Norwich and Dublin this
weekend so that it did not miss out on a £280,000 rebate.

An advert on the StarNow.com website, a recruitment site for extras in
films and television shows, offered £82 a day, stating:

"Extras aged 16+ needed for paid work flying to Dublin. You will be
boarding an aircraft and flying to Dublin and then flying back into
Norwich Airport..."

More:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=549709&in_page_id...

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