Well if you want some comparative figures on departmental efficiencies, the entire budget for Flight Ops in BA is £195M for 3500 pilots, which is about £55,700 per head. The budget for Cabin Services is £485M for 13000 cabin crew, which as about £37,000 per head. Given the relative cost of training flight crew vs cabin crew it gives some indication of just one source of waste within BA.
It is true that BA is grossly overstaffed in the middle management area, and in the upper management area the company is grossly under-skilled! However even if you reduce the overall workforce within BA, the Flight Ops dept still represents a highly economical and cost effective department. Evidence for this includes;
i) Lower salary scales than AF, LH, KL (low cost operators also pay more but are not included due to their lack of long haul ops)
ii) More hours flown per annum by BA pilots than AF, LH, KL.
iii) Fewer days off per annum than AF, LH, KL.
iv) Fewer pilots per airframe than AF, LH, KL.
v) Heavy crews consisting of 1 Capt, 2 FOs as opposed to 2 Capt, 1 FO in competitor airlines.
vi) Two crew ops on the N.Atlantic, as opposed to 3 crew ops on all US carriers.
There are many other examples of how BA is getting a damn good deal from its flight crew, but at this time of night it's a bit too taxing on the brain to remember them!
Oh yeah, should have mentioned FOs crewing 763s to the USA on a basic salary below £24K.