SNNEI,
No one is questioning the standards of technical maintenance or safety of EI. In fact, no one has connected this false alert with the degree of cabin ware of the EI 330s. It was a parallel comment... nothing to be so touchy about !
However, I would suggest that if you really knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't make these sorts of comments : everyone knows that a new aircraft can look like a "dinosaur" (as you put it) in 18 months if the operator decides not to properly refresh/upgrade the cabin on an on-going basis.
I would suggest that these 330s look nine years old inside (!) which is not worthy of a European flag carrier. BTW, like you, I'm not British but I can tell you that BA take much better care of their cabins than EI. Maybe they just respect their customers more...
Talking about frequent flyer, let's keep things in perspective : I do 12-15 transatlantic round trips with EI per year...
