Originally Posted by
L337
You are not comparing like with like. Emirates is effectively a state run, and state financed airline. Its profit or loss cannot be compared to any publicly quoted airline.
It is a good product, but the rest are catching fast and overtaking. So BA absolutely has to invest in the product or we will have no passengers to fly in the new shiny aeroplanes that you want BA to buy.
Shouting "I rest my case" is really going to convince us all that you must be correct.
BA has met the challenge of the LOCO carriers head on. And has done so with great success. You may disagree with the methods that Rod Eddington employed, but we currently provide a very real challenge to them. And a challenge in a brand new fleet of Airbuses. With a service. With a pilot workforce that is working absolutely flat out.
I understand your bitterness towards BA at fortress LHR. I spent 10 years in the regions. But that bitterness clouds and distorts your opinion of all things BA.
BA is a huge monolithic beast. Made up of both good and bad. It is neither all good, or all bad. We have both good and bad managers. We have bad arrogant pilots, and good approachable aces.
T5 is vital to the airline. Like it or lump it. If T5 does not work, BA is bust.
Whatever...
Lets just hope all the hype over T5 and the rest of Team Waterworld will save the day... Theres no point in arguing... I still maintain that BA need to fix 'Grass Roots' problems first, before spending lavish sums of cash on a product that is already sufficient, and selling extremely well, before the BIG move to the BIG HOUSE at LHR, before the pension crisis is sorted, and before the fleet upgrade. Invest - YES - in the right direction and at the right time.
Iam not bitter. Just a tad dissapointed in the way the company is going, more recently since WWs arrival. In my 10 years at BA I can hoestly say that I have never ever heard staff feeling so de-motivated as they feel right now.
No hard feelings L337 eh?