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Originally Posted by cashman
could you soft gits please enlighten me? whats the B.A. ballot n dispute to do with "ANY" Prime minister? thats another reason the country is goosed, knobs like you.  whilst i think the B.A. staff are being very stupid, cutting their own throats, i fail to see what this has to do with the P.M. |
Think maybe the Prime Minister is getting 'involved ' because B.A. is supposed to project a national image of the UK , and if B.A. looks bad overseas its seen as a poor reflection of the country . Most countries used to have a national airline which was either wholly (sp?) or partly owned by the Govt. (Air France, Lufthansa , Quantas etc) in a way these airlines projected an image of the home country ...
Lufthansa .....total German efficency
Air France .....a touch of decadence
PIA (Pakistan International Airline )......Please Inform Allah
Singapore and Cathay Pacific ......cabin crews of submisive 'oriental' females , totally at your service .
as a reflection of a country, its interesting to watch passengers come out into the 'meet and greet area' of an international airport , easy to pick out which counrty they are arriving from ....drunks wearing football shirts and track-suit bottoms (Chavs) and you know either B.A. or Virgin has landed.
Seem to remember that B.A. tried to rebrand the image when they changed the name from BOAC (most folks who travelled in those days thought it stood for "Better On A Camel") .
Re. the proposed strike .....seems this is a union busting ruse by the management to get rid of the senior/older cabin staff , folks who have given years and years of service .......should the NHS get shut of 55 yr old nurses becuse they have no university degree and promote 22 yr old graduates to 'ward sister' because they have a better education? .
Maybe the airlines should go the whole hog and get rid of all the pilots age 40 and over and give the jobs to the young more energetic 'gung ho' guys, myself I think I would prefer to fly with guys like Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger , the guy who managed to land his plane on the Hudson river .