cumulo-granite put pen to paper and wrote:
Has this matter now come to a conclusion - satisfactory or otherwise - for the FEs concerned
Yes, it has reached it's conclusion. It wasn't as much as we had hoped for (or had been achieved by our 747 Classic colleagues), but, given the nature of the industry, and the particular situation at BA, it was probably as much as we could realistically have achieved.
The truely annoying part about the whole episode is that we are at the situation that we though we were 6 months ago before British Airways managers started f**king around with us in the last few months of our employment.
This episode reminds me of a little article that was sent to me a while ago:
A balloonist in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and shouted:
"Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a colleague I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am".
The man replied: "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 60 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and 59 and 60 degrees west longitude".
"You must be a Flight Engineer," shouted the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "how did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist," everything you told me was technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly you've been no help at all. If anything, you have delayed my trip!"
The Flight Engineer below responded, 'Aahh.. you must be a BA Pilot Manager."
I am replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the Flight Engineer," you don't know where you are, what to do about it or where you are going. You have risen to where you are only due to a large quantity of hot air. You've made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people below you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were before we met, but now, somehow it's my fault!"
Good, innit?