It amazes me that BA pilots - when someone has a go at BA - resort to the view that you must have been rejected by BA. This is just the sort of arrogance that gets Nigels their (largely) undeserved reputation. Just because a longhaul Speedbird callsign was your carrer zenith please don't assume it was ours. Personally I enjoyed a career flying combat aircraft, helicopters, big Boeings and latterly advanced Bizjets.. .. .I have several good chums in BA and they never cease to mercilessly attack their own company. Something I only do with a humorous overtone.... .. .Lets see. BA Regional crews robbed of their shiny Airbi and stranded with RJ's whilst BACE snap at their heals for routes. BA EOG crews viewed by HQ as a drain on revenue forced to become 'low cost' without the necessary slashing of overhead. Fortress Heathrow fiddling on whilst Rome burns, Paris and Frankfurt overtake them and the cost of living in the most expensive region of the EU rapidly neagates their generous allowances.. .. .Well at least you can console yourself with the "fact" that BALPA can "prove" you are the most efficient flightcrew in the business. . .. .Joe punter in the street can name but only three airlines (BA easy and Ryan) if challenged. Branson will undercut any Atlantic routes BirdSeed wish to milk and everybody knows or suspects it.. .. .BA will survive. They will either be much smaller. Or will sack 60% of non-operational staff and cut Cabin Crew remuneration by 44% and remain the same size.. .. .Air France and Lufti will suffer the same thing in 5 years time when they face low costs in their own back yard and rubbish domestic economies.. .Iberia, Alitalia and the rest of the basket cases will just have to die.. .. .PS