Originally Posted by
icegirl
I was recently criticized by some for saying nobody would really care about BA were ever to go belly up.
Surely at the end of the day, this is nothing more than a piece of public transport to get from A to B. Sure I enjoy flying with the airline and whilst if they did go belly up it would be sad most notably for the short term but would be quickly replaced by other and probably better carriers. I just think people live too much in the past and can’t accept change in where it wants to go or be.
But I just don’t get it, why do people care so much and have an emotional attachment for BA?
It probably has to do with its past. It is called 'British', it used to be government owned, and let's be honest here, the pilots and cabin crew can represent all that is good about the United Kingdom.
So if this is destroyed, it feels like the United Kingdom as a whole and naturally Britishness, is going down the drain in this very competitive, post empire, Brexit world.
And I would be very sad to see that happen!