The 40,000 ft View .........
It is abundantly clear that we are observing the desperate last throes of a so called Union (a more dysfunctional and disparate group, SWP among them, has seldom been seen before) in what has been a monumental 40+ year power struggle between Union & Management.
While their business and first class customers were prepared to pay premium prices, providing 70+% of its operating profits, BA could carry its highly paid cabin crew and didn't have to concern itself dealing with the problem. However, the economic climate has changed and the profligate times are now over.
During the next few days the Union's responses will become increasingly confused and incoherent as the desperation builds and the realisation that the game is over dawns. The intelligent ones among them, like McCluskey, will realise this and jump ship while the less intelligent, including the rank and file members and popular press, will increase their spurious and meaningless disconnected rhetoric and confused sensationalist reporting failing hopelessly to follow the realities of the unfolding situation.
Management will simply hold its course and will defeat and remove all aspects of the old Union control thus finally regaining control of its business.
It's been a fascinating, once in a lifetime, opportunity to watch the whole thing unfold knowing it will become a classic episode in the annals of IR time.
Upon hearing the latest news even the volcano has just shown its support giving BA Management a clear sign it is time to move forwards.
Pure history in the making.
Last edited by Phil Rigg; 23rd May 2010 at 19:42.