1A Please - to quote you "But Geoff Dixon has always felt that SQ should be a natural ally rather than foe".
Was it not Adolf Hitler that said during WWII " Great Britain is not our natural enemy".Funny about that!
Wirraway - the one thing you forgot to mention is that BA has 2 positions on the QF board AND has the right of veto with those two board members.
QF to join the Star Alliance...........................NOT!