Just booked my January LHR-AUH-LHR with Etihad which will be the first time in over 40 flights to the UAE that I have not gone with BA.
Maybe the next coffee that I am served by BA cabin crew will be at Starbucks in T4 where some of them might find jobs.
We will miss BA and believe it or not some of those lower paid CC are excellent in all aspects of their job, you don't habe to be European and over 40 to be good cabin crew.
I had a pay cut last year and will not get a pay increase this year as well as having to do the work of more than one person but thats what people in real businesses do. The BA Pilots set a good example and one the CC should follow for now at least