Fiftyfour - which part of These are BA figures is it that you don't understand? Shall I explain it to you in simple terms? These figures are from BA themselves, not from me, and they have no great interest in making their flight crew seem anything less than overpaid. Why are you deliberately attempting to mislead people as to the cost of BAs operation by quoting figures which are 3 years old, do not reflect the retirement of over 600 highly paid pre-privatisation Captains, the huge increases in flight crew productivity, the almost complete pay freeze and the introduction of B-scale pay? If you have an axe to grind at least have some current facts to hand. To imply that staff 'costs' equate to staff pay is simplistic to say the least. Do you really think BA ticketing staff are paid an average of £20500 pa? Try £8500 and you'd be much closer to the mark.