BigBrutha,
You clearly have no idea of the training standards within the franchisees.
GB began with with virtually all senior management positions filled by people who were seconded from BA, or recently retired from BA.
From Day 1, GB have used BA SOP's, manuals & training standards, down to identical checks in the simulator.
Line operations are regularly audited by the appropriate BA department, receiving high levels of praise.
GB is a small, efficient company that does not have the resources to waste putting unsuitable people through courses, unlike the BA "sausage factory."
If GB's standards are as low as you suggest, what does that say about BA's?
In any case, this is not about GB pilots wanting to be BA pilots, it is about GB as a company deciding it's own future.
Incidentally, I think you have just alienated your 15,000 cabin crew - do BA include CRM courses in all that fine training?
Last edited by Miss Inform; 28th Aug 2002 at 18:05.