Would it be fair to say that setting up GO was a disaster for BA?
It achieved the following,
- £25m lost investment each year PLUS inevitable start-up losses incurred.
- Retrospectively, they have built a strong competitor for budget business travellers, city breakers and even independently minded tourists.
- It consolidated Stelios's 'victim of BA' image which plays a strong part in a travellers choice when purchasing their ticket.
- It was a missed opportunity for BA pilots to work out of another base (The option was never even discussed)
The fact that it was a
pilot who had the balls to accuse his bosses of the monumental fcuk up, in its own document of propoganda, "BA News", was something to be proud of. Unfortunately, the individual, missed the opportunity to put this feeling across by tarnishing it with what
I believed to be a poorly worded letter.
However, if they can make such mistakes (and its effect can be felt by the employees through poor share performance and LACK of profit share for so many years) he did have a right to be annoyed.
Perhaps
Bourbon and Lee Dingedge feel comfortable in their unquestioning existence, doing their impression of mushrooms in their strange Waterside open plan offices, but WE as pilots live in a questioning environment. It makes us safer by being cynical. If that cynicism includes our bosses then so be it. Don't be a kiss ass, Bourbon, it doesn't 'Suit' you.
Have you improved your productivity by 25% in the last 5 years, gents?