yes a new investor was found in the shape of the BAA. but that was not enough to save us. thats what the pension holiday did. would you invest in a company with the burden of our pension scheme. Most of us have shares in varous companies. look at why you invested in them and wether they have final salary pension schemes. The very reasons that makes them attractive to you as an investor are the same reasons we need to be attractive to investors. Not by getting rid of the scheme, thank god , but by making the costs known and controllable. I hate this more than anyone but it is the cold hard facts of modern economics. we should have fought harder against privatisation. that was a battle we may have been able to win. this , in my humble opinion , is not.