Originally Posted by
eefor jfp
So we have one post by a frequent BA flier saying that 50% of his flights have problems and another post saying 99% of their flights are fine. Can both be true? I suppose that they can, depending on routes and CIV scores and such and posters don't have to disparage one another. I mean, if you do 100+ first flights in a year, I can't imagine you not getting your first choice of meals and more attentive service because of your CIV score. Or maybe 1A and 1K are just better maintained than other seats in the cabin because BA wants to please their best customers.
BA fly over half a million F seats each year. What some of our more frequent BAEC members forget is their 100 or so (being generous) F flights a year make them barely more qualified to judge the overall state of the cabin than the once a year Avios 2-4-1 passenger. They both see a tiny percentage of the overall flights.
Back to the thread, in my experience both sides have been true. I've had some very good flights and some very bad flights. Most have been about middle of the road. They make a decent representation of the BA product. However, relative to the other carriers i fly i really struggle to see how anyone can argue it is anything other than poor. For me it all comes down to the measuring stick you use.