Originally Posted by
HighwayToHEL
I think if I were CEO of a company that's in an industry in a dire situation, and you are asked to give evidence/information to the one body that can bail you out, you'd move your board meeting! It's no different to snubbing your next door neighbour who is the bank manager, then going to him in a month's time and asking for a loan.
Short sighted by WW in my view.
But it's not a body that can bail out BA/IAG. The committee is a parliamentary body, (ie a collection of MPs) not a government one. This point was highlighted well and recently when the Home Secretary appeared to dodge her invitation to appear before the Home Affairs Select Committee on COVID for a length of time that many saw as inexplicable.