I think the days of BOAC are gone when groundcrew touched their forelocks to aircrew and the chaufeur was waiting at the bottom of the steps to whisk you to the Hilton.
Its all cheap and cheerful even at BA so if your expectations are dashed at the thought of having no respect for what you do then perhaps you should try some more mundane type of work.
I have mixed and matched from working on building sites as a labourer to living it up on megga stopovers. I know which I prefer and remind myself whenever I think the job sucks.
Flying is still a good job and BA are perhaps one of the better employers when you look at all the moaning on the threads about some of the lesser Fly by nights.
Just the way I think but then who am I!
Coop & BA Bear (BA= Bad Ass)