Angus
These are the CAA sourced figures that you obviously refuse to believe:
Airline.............................Average expenditure per head
BMI..................................15600
Brittania...........................17100
British Airways.................27800
Easyjet............................15300
Monarch..........................14300
My Travel.........................17400
Thomas Cook...................13300
Virgin Atlantic...................16800
Others..............................11700
The figures clearly show that BA cabin crew are paid, on average, well over £10000 per head more per year than their competitors. I am sure that WW will be aware of such figures.
Anti-ice, I believe that Virgin Atlantic started in 1984. So, they could have staff who have been there for 21 years. Why would there be an "exodus" of Virgin staff, unless the total pay for a new-joiner at BA is exceeding that for a senior at Virgin? You say "I've been there 15 years and have a 1 bed house in a cr*p area and a secondhand high mileage car"........well change your lifestyle, or change your job, or accept that as your lot in life!!
Of course I am sure tha Willie Walsh knows that if he wasnt paying the BA cabin crew more than their competitors, he could use that £150 million to either pay for a new B747-400 every year or pay dividends to share holders.