British Airways - CC Industrial Relations & Negotiations

[Skylion]

I think you must be referring to the union plants on the left hand side of the room and the clearly scripted questions which some read out. The real "non aligned" investors , mainly on the other side of the room, expressed no violent discontent with BA, Willie or anything else. There were some questions and comment about perceived poor service, the move away from Calcutta to Hyderabad, the financial results, Open Skies etc but nothing that looked remotely like a revolt or revolution despite BASSA and Unite having placed their groups strategically to try to make it look as if there were widespread investor unhappiness. These independent investors were also unimpressed by the uniformed staff at the back (the presentations team or whatever they are called) applauding the questions and comments from the plants. It had been assumed that they were there to host the guests, something they signally failed to do, especially at the end when it would have been reasonable to expect them to be at the exit thanking the investors for attending.