Originally Posted by
RJ100
The UK gov have proved time and time again they no interest in saving UK airlines. This is despite all the money that it’s employees pay in taxes each year.
The cheap loan is available to BA regardless of whether the government is interested in bailing out airlines or not. The fact that it's not been applied for suggests that (1) it's considerably more expensive to make people redundant in Spain and (2) that this is an opportunity being seized to deal with terms and conditions at the company once and for all.