Re crew using business class seats on positioning flights (Flight International 30 April - 6 May). I speak as a pilot. Presumably many occupants of business class are there because employers see them as important enough to pay for the additional rest and comfort.

Pilots are no different to any other employee whose business class seat is paid by the employer. Does Ken Aickin consider it "spam" to be seated next to anyone who hasn't personally paid for their seat?

Peter Mountfort

Auckland, New Zealand

Source: Flight International