Why is it that BA Concorde pilots (as an example) fly a LHR-JFK sector (3.5 hours) and then have an overnight stay in NY?
Some charter pilots are given an GLA-Tenerife + delays + return trip which can end up being a 12-13 hour day.
And why do SST captains get paid more?
Until BA looks at every aspect of its operation - operations, management, sales, marketing, engineering and starts tearing down the mini-empires, back slapping and inefficiency they will never return to the days of being the 'world's most profitable airline'.