But all you have said is conjecture. He would never say this sort of thing anywhere it would get out. I think it never happened! This is embellished bar room talk.
One thing is certain- BA needs a savage shaking, and this man has been appointed to do it. Otherwise we all know the business is going one way. We know where the inefficiencies are. Pilots have been benchmarked- I think they can look to other staff groups to be so done too.