Cheers Wetpower I'm sure it will be Ok, just requires a bit of adjustment.My view being slightly colored by a horrendous experience with the shuttle during the rail shenanigans earlier in the year and several ex LH colleages who dont seem to relish the prospect of going back to it.
The longhaul lifestyle appears to be what you make of it and I'm sure that applies to BA as much as my lot for those reading the thread for some info.BA do seem to get rather more in the way of route variety due to their size (not to mention allowances)but it would seem that the junior folk spend a lot of time in the third world and from the tone of some threads don't take home the vast sums that are rumoured.At VS everyone gets a go and the network is expanding.
All we need now are some decent allowances.