Shadowpurser, it is the 'gravy train' attitude of the legions of staff that are paid well over the market rate for doing half the work their equivalents do in other airlines that is crippling thie company.
It is why few leave BA unless forced to and we have ridiculous situations for example where a fortune is spent bussing cabin crew from central area to the Compass Centre for their lengthy rest before being bussed back for another sector or going to the CAT lounge and being paid vast sums of money for getting slightly less rest than planned.
This is what is crippling BA.
I cannot leave and get an equivalent job because of our seniority system.
You choose to stay with BA because you know you are on a good deal. Ditto drivers, loaders, managers bread rolls (Europe), etc, etc, etc, etc,.