I think Raw Data's been drinking way too much company kool-aid.
I ask the question again. Why is BA doing so poorly in great economic times, if their pilot costs are not nearly those of US majors?
Answer: Because BA management is so poor. Lousy managers always try to blame everyone but themselves. Low crew costs have little to do with the success of an airline.
Wise up and smell the coffee, guys. You're being shafted by both management and your union. Why in the heck do you allow outsourcing of your jobs, like with Atlas? Why do you allow an airline who is supposidly the "standard" of the world to pay you second rate wages? Why do you put up with a union leadership who can't get results? It will NEVER get any better until your contract forces management to be efficient. And you will never get a better contract until you get some leadership in the union that cares about ALL the membership.
[This message has been edited by Roadtrip (edited 26 March 2001).]