Originally Posted by
Longtimer
Curious though, BA is all over the world, so what governs their actions? UK Law or the law of the country they operate in? Do they have crew bases outside of the UK and if so what law prevales?
Great question.
Perhaps there are a few strands.
Waterside has pulled their hair out over the pension scheme. A lovely handball from the Tories. BA is a bit of a pension scheme with an airline bolted on.
Is the relationship with Iberia designed to lever cheaper labour in Spain? One might argue this is the eventual aim of Mr Walsh; replacing higher cost UK domiciled labour with cheaper continental EU labour.
If one looks at the data their airline 'group' is over-scale, suggestive that any synergy obtained wasn't from the combining of operations, rather that there was some other desire which they may have identified.
That a company domiciled in the UK ought comply with the law in the UK across the spectrum seems axiomatic, however one may be tempted to suggest that prior to such a ruling these airlines proceeded along until checked in court...