Do Airlines give equal privileges like accident insurance claims for paying & non rev passengers?(discounted)

Question

non revenue passengers could be airline employees with free travel benifits, discounted tickets

Answer 1

When an airplane crashes or is involved in an accident there is no distinction between revenue and non-rev passengers. At that point everyone is just a "passenger" and is treated the same.

There can be some differences if you're referring to things like lost baggage or if there is turbulence and you're injured, but if there's a crash everyone is the same.

Answer 2

Non rev passengers on my friend's airline get hosed! You can not recieve money for damaged or lost baggage or compensation for accidents, etc. You're not a paying customer so you don't get the same priviliges as paying customers.

If I were to die in a crash while flying nonrev my husband could not sue the airline for wrongful death or other reasons since I didn't pay for my seat. I'm not sure if it's the same on for other airlines.