British Airways is profitable and would be in profit now if it was paying the market rate for fuel.
So how is the loan by BA pilots of £26m going to save BA? Relatively it is a drop in the ocean. I think BALPA could have given a lot more. Why should BA pilots still enjoy 1970's style restrictive practices like accomodation in a hotel before and after longhaul flights at LGW?
Crew on contracts since 1997 have not had the promotions they were promised; many are not even First Class trained. Most earn less than EasyJet cabin crew.
The reckless way Willie Walsh is leading BA will ensure lasting damage. Even if there is an agreement with BASSA one way or another, by the winter, loads wil be so low as passengers scared off by WW's pronouncements of doom and gloom desert BA for other carriers, the management of BA will be looking for more cuts.
The £26m given up (loaned) by the pilots has already been squandered ten times over, by all the negative publicity generated by Walsh.