Rex, first of all NEVER underestimate living in a land where the rule of law is applied equally and fairly for the vast majority, secondly last time I checked, organisations such as BALPA have offered a set of checks and balances to the megalomaniac tendencies of various management types.
BA isn’t perfect, but version 2019 still pi55es over EK for quality of life. If however you are a hard bruncher, you enjoy living in an unequal and unfair society where your fellow expat will happily throw you under the bus to further themselves financially with no recourse..check and balances or right of appeal, the EK is the place for you.
I won’t bother you with the other minor details with respect rostering, the theft of flight pay and overtime or the “flexible” approach to FTLs and operational policies.