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Old Nov 2, 2009, 12:40 am
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Originally Posted by Petrus
Lambasting BA crew wont raise support in here. There is a substantial amount of BA crew who've actually understood the situation and are willing to accept concessions.

It is BASSA holding the airline ransom.
I do understand that there are crew posting here who have a very reasonable attitude. But they seem to be a minority or keeping silent, as elected union leaders seem to be of a very different opinion.
I do understand that there are shareholders posting here who wish to do a lot to support their investment and are unpleased by pax changing their bookings to other airlines.
The fact remains that BA union leaders keep behaving irresponsibly time after time. IMO the natural way out is for BA to go to some form of bankruptcy (as happened to many airlines in US and Europe) and give birth to a new BA. It might be painful for employees and retirees, but they beg for it.
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