According to STimes, staff giveaway will cost 4m. This reaction reminds me of the "we were wonderful" self congratulation from the management to staff after last year's walk-outs. A strange sense of priority yet again which reinforces the impression that certain parts of BA are run for the benefit of those within - one wonders if/when the true victims, the customers, will get similar largesse and whether it might not have been more sensitive to make a gesture in their direction first? Whatever the rights & wrongs, the image is sure taking a self inflicted knock, and shareholders will not put up with this, I suspect.