Somehow, being flown by a pilot who is eligible for food stamps here in the colonies doesn't result in much confidence either. The truth of the thing is much more complex.
On Dec 15, 7:52 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > > I have a friend who is cabin crew for BA and things are worse than you could > imagine. Back in the boom of the late 80s and early 90s, BA was the airline > to work for and their trolley dollies were considered "glamorous" enough to > pull salaries of up to 100,000 quid. Thanks to BA's extremely militant > union, these glamorous twentysomethings are now haggard/lazy fortysomethings > and still driving Porsches and drawing huge salaries. Some of the stories > I've been told about their idleness, arrogance, and out-right thievery are > appalling. BA can't fire them, they agree to only token pay reduction, and > they won't take redundancies in sufficient numbers to make any difference to > the balance sheet. > > It would be best if the airline went bust, the whole thing is rotten. The > management and the union are killing the company. Airlines aren't the > cashcow they once were, but no-one at BA seems to getting this. > > Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
