Originally Posted by Choxolate
If BA CAN really afford it now - what about next year and the year after - this is a long term problem.
Your company is at REAL risk.
Well, if they start announcing massive corporate losses at any time
in the future, we'd have to look at all options to help them survive. That is not where we're at currently.
BA have paid off
massive amounts of debt in the amazingly difficult trading conditions since 911... Circa £1.2 billion per year!
Now the good times are here for a while (notwithstanding last week's little hiccup, of course) a quick £1.2 billion into the pension fund should keep it going for a while. If it does all change in the future, I'd feel more inclined to dig in a help out if they were to act decently now.
They are not at REAL risk. They are ROLLING in money!