I’ve been thinking about the low cost operation at LGW (sheeeesh) and I like many thousands of others have been wondering how ‘BA’ and ‘low cost’ could be used in the same sentence. There is little doubt that such an operation would have to be run by a REALLY SKELETON management staff because the cost of running aeroplanes is more or less constant in this industry. Stellios said on TV yesterday that he didn’t achieve profitability by not offering a business class service, he made money because he doesn’t use travel agents, tickets, etc. He doesn’t have a massive corporate palace full of shiny beautiful people. Hence any competitive LGW operation will have to be along the same lines.
If this is successful, then the rubicon will have been crossed and BA will have to admit that an airline can be run without thousands and thousands of staff who are not directly connected with the service of customers and flying of aeroplanes. The game will be up for Waterworld and its empire. In a blinding flash on the Road to Damascus, BA could turn from civil service to cutting edge.
Maybe this is what Skippy has in mind. Clever move?
Incidentally, I read on another thread
>>>printers in Basing stoke has already been asked to print 16,000 BA redundancy notices<<<
Well that’ll be 16,000 incorrectly delivered redundancy notices then.
