I can think of plenty of similar examples Ian. I don't mind featherbedding being shaken up, but we haven't got the rules right. Big industry is often shafted by the collective protection of employees and pensioners, yet we really want that protection - at least until we have to shell out from our own wallets for it! Which in the end we seem to be doing through benefits. Interestingly, we don't seem to have budget banks springing up. Pay reduction across the board on the basis of fairness and capping would be a good thing. Maybe we should ground all airlines and flights into the country for a year and then start again once we have realised it ain't really neat to fly to Gothenburg for an imported steak delivered by Swedish lovelies? After my next planned trips of course! I note other airlines are ramping up their prices as part of routine customer service.
On 15 Dec, 16:11, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
