Originally Posted by BAeuro

Unfortunately I think it comes down to the greatest good for the greatest number. If BA didn’t act now and make some redundant, then there probably wouldn’t be a BA in 3/4 years. Arguably, it’s better to save the airline and the rest of the jobs by losing 12,000 (of which half could be voluntary redundancies). In this industry, being overly nice doesn’t get you anywhere, if airlines decide not to lay anyone off, trying to be caring, they will fail.

BA has taken action ahead of many others to ensure it’s safe for the future, Virgin and the others needs to do the same. They need to cut any costs they can and I’m sorry to say employees are always a good place to start.

Im not saying Willie and Alex aren’t acting for themselves too, of course they want BA to be as cost effective and profitable as possible, their jobs depend on it. But they aren’t cutting jobs out of malice, they just want BA to survive and be financially stable after this.