The issue of the letters: do you think the cost of free (note the word free) first class travel for board members compares in any way to the volume of savings the company required from IFCE? How do you think the cost of travel for former board members compares to the cost of travel for retirees from BA?
The issue of the letters: do you think, given the fact that BA apologised to the unions over two weeks ago, admitted the emails were poorly worded and stated that nobody should have been asked to work for free, that publically criticising the error in an open letter is a little mischievous?
With reference to the rather short Businessweek article, I think it's been pointed out more times than enough that BA have to invest in their premium products in order to keep market share in what few profitable business areas there are. The LCY route has strong forward bookings from the one of our major customers. Do you think the better business strategy is to keep on providing what the passengers don't want to pay for, or provide something new that they do want to pay for?