Report is comprehensive - but his continued use of pics with both children and adults being posted publicly is what I consider to be a breach of privacy. (some may disagree of course)
Airline Crew and staff pictures are littered throughout his reports as well as vehicle number plates with no disclaimer that I can see on the site.
I believe there are security issues raised with this as far as airlines are concerned.
It is also of note that there doesn't seem to be pictures of the individual undertaking these trips - surprisingly so !
Personally I agree with you, as I've noted a number of times previously.
legally it gets murky. For example my understanding of the law in most places, or at least Australia, is that if it's a public place, eg on the street, in a shopping mall etc, then there's no expectation of "privacy" from photos and the like. That gets difficult when you start to include beaches and swimming pools and kids and... and... and it gets VERY murky.
Additionally, in the context of airline lounges, airports and indeed on aircraft it is less clear - is a lounge a public area or a private one, in which case the owner/operator can specifically ban such things? What about an aircraft? And further still, if one wants to ge uber legal, it could even depend WHERE the aircraft is when photos are taken- eg: "International skies"? "Over the United States"? Juristiction becomes a nightmare (I bet).
Some airlines have in the past been quite clear on policies of photo taking (UA for one, at one point, had very specific wording on this in the infliught mag). I recall incidents where bloggers got into trouble(and maybe thrown off on occasion) for taking photos possibly including crew or other pax (or possibly accused of such even if not in reality).. and again if one takes pics on a QF aircraft - is that considered a "public" space? or private? I do not know the answer to this and I suspect it could get quite complicated if ever actually tested in a court.
Really though, all that aside, there's NO NEED to have all these photos of people, staff etc. A few times he's complained about people talking loudly in lounges - you do NOT need a picture to illustrate this. Or, in his report on MH he notes a delay due to a tech isue and posted multiple pictures of MH engineers coming and going past his seat for no apparent reason other than to show how many there were. Why? Itt doesn't really ADD to his report where he could simply have left it in the text.
Now I can understand more saying "The lounge was really full" and showing in a photo, but one could take care to try and avoid photos with faces, or blur them, or say take a photo with people's backs etc so there's no identification as much as possible.
And again I note he's posted instances with his wife having her face blurred... so it's apparently good enough for her, but not for others? I It does not come across as professional, let alone consistent in approach to people in photos.
He should just try as much as possible to keep others out of them, unless he specifically has permission.
imo
