[marktwain]

Not against the law if you have a letter from the department saying it is necessary for you to carry on the airline.

As he was head of the department, he could have issued a letter for himself.

Totally legal.

If a subordinate tried to get his boss in trouble for a legal activity, as well as put him in danger by revealing he usually carried, the subordinate may well have been legally fired.

[Svartalfiar]

Not against the law if you have a letter from the department saying it is necessary for you to carry on the airline.

As he was head of the department, he could have issued a letter for himself.

Totally legal.

If a subordinate tried to get his boss in trouble for a legal activity, as well as put him in danger by revealing he usually carried, the subordinate may well have been legally fired.

Is it totally legal? What was the basis for the necessity for him to carry? That it's more convenient for him that way? I doubt they can just hand these letters out willy-nilly, I'm sure they have to have an actual reason for it.