411A
I'm afraid it appears that your small head took over from the large one some time ago. Perhaps you should obtain a copy of Gordon Bethune's "From Worst to First". It will confirm all of what 412A correctly pointed out. Oh, and it's SABENA with an A.
And let's not forget that cabin crew are one of the biggest tangibles in an industry full of intangibles. BA have a great reputation in the US not only for the product at BA, but also for the service, courtesy of those same cabin crew. My 16 year purser wife does not make anything like the top end of cabin crew pay in the US, but works her can off, even though she has no control over her life. Let's not be too quick to take aim at any group of employees who actually do something when we all know that it's management that got BA in this mess in the first place.