Seems to me there a number of distinct groups here. Those who are current BA CC who actually perform the role everyone else has an opinion about, BA flight crew who have themselves been through rationalisation but who enjoy salaries allowing them to buy big houses, second families, share porfolios based on advice received at the golf club etc with spare cash not committed to the immediate needs of the family, others in peripheral managerial airline roles with an "expert" opinion based on their life view/prejudices enabling them to ally themselves to their perceived friend Willie and then of course the all important "also rans" staffed by wannabe airline execs ( currently in Ops etc), BA lgw crew and ex lhr temps busting for another go. The BA CC deal with all the trials of managing a life in the South East of England with perpetual time zone changes, severe social disruption and the joys of slf without the benefit of a remuneration package they can hang onto although it was what they were promised when they joined. In addition they are lectured on how good they have it and how important they give it up for the sake of the company by groups earning five times as much! Shame on you. I keep reading my ATPL syllabus and I cannot find any mention of airline management in the course. Where did you guys go to learn it? Have I missed something?