I am not sure than I share the same enthusiam as many of you do for getting shot of the ramp staff. WW is only to aware that the shareholders also have to be accounted to. They have recieved nothing in the last five years. To lock out the ramp staff would bring BA to a standstill. There are no other companies that could could take on this task (staff nos on ramp about 2200). None of the present Handling companies could fulfill the functions or do it much better. The only consideration would be TUPE of ramp / customer service, but I doubt there are any companies that would want to take on a workforce of this size, with the conditions that BA would impose. In January there will be the completion of a review of ramp activities and how this may relate to the T5 start up.