Originally Posted by
Spiff
That would be be a fine first start. BA should have been shaking DfT by the throat from day one for this idiocy.
If BA truly cared about delays, they would have said something by now. So far, "we care about these delays." is just BS on BA's part. BA contributes a lot of money to government coffers. It should be able to have a very strong say in policy.
Unfortunately the DfT is run by the Civil Service who are unelected and carry on in their own sweet way irrespective of the colour of the Government that sits in Westminster. Ultimately the Civil Service do report to a Minister but on the whole do whatever they think is right. The only thing that will change the Civil Service's mind is a threat to the "K" at their retirement!
Ministers come and Ministers go but the Civil Service goes on forever (unchanged!).