For the last 35 years to my certain knowledge, bmi and its forebears have experienced crises just like any other airline in this time. The one difference from many others is that they are still here. They have provided jobs for hundreds, no, thousands of pilots in this time and there have been precious FEW redundancies along the way.
Times are changing and a lot of people who should know better, should not become too precious when the company hits back at percieved opposition in their own back yard. EMA probably would not be in existence were it not for BMA over the years. BMA would not be in existence had it not been for the almost superhuman efforts of the likes of Sir MDB and John Woolfe. These are the true pioneers. These are the people who built up the company to what it now is. Please, folks, give the company credit for what it is and what it has been and allow their successors to get on with operating airlines and maintaining their position within the structure of British airlines so that we can all continue to benefit.
Stop knocking bmi!