In that Guardian article there is also the following quote from Wee Willie:-
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/15/britishairwaysbusiness.theairlineindustry
In an interview with guardian.co.uk the day after the botched opening, Walsh was asked if Kirkwood was in the firing line. He said: "I am accepting responsibility. I am not going to start trying to find someone else to be pointing the finger at." Using a phrase he repeated in a statement and a series of media interviews that day, he added: "The buck stops with me."
Has Wee Willie now changed his mind then?