Flying Banana
On the subject of expensive engineering company cars, i think you'll find that most companies hire cars these days, they don't buy them outright for 20k...The difference in rental between a turbo nutter golf and a
1.6 Astra is not a lot and certainly would not add up to 4.8 million..
Perhaps the easiest method for BA to save some dosh from crew rather than crew numbers would be to reduce the allowances / rates for Overtime, failing that you could do what the BA Managers do, without complaint - put all those extra hours in for nothing!.