Originally Posted by
chips101
Like I said Mr Brown will not let BA go down on his watch!
The banks had to be saved otherwise they'd have taken the economy with them. Even an idiot like Mr Brown realises that if BA go under then the world will go on regardless. I didn't see the government stepping in to nationalise Vauxhall and I don't see any sign of them stepping in to rescue Corus. And believe me, the same will be true of BA, because they are NOT a strategic national asset. The taxpayer tolerated bailing out the banks because - directly or indirectly - their own wealth was tied up in them. They will take a very dim view of being made to cough up to keep an ailing airline afloat, especially when they realise how self indulgent the strike is.