DC3. Walsh had no need, legal or ethical, to make the public announcements which he did.
The point made about JAL is not totally relevant. We are not JAL, and despite times not been good we are not actually on the very brink of collapse. We stil have enough cash reserves to maintain our credit plus more for strike busting. JAL have no such luxuries. There seems a slight irony that BA are prepared to invest time into JAL to help them when we are, according to the CEO, on the brink ourselves. Oh, I know the strategic importance to BA and the Oneworld Alliance which JAL provide.