"British Airways will be here long after this dispute and regardless of the dispute. If the Government has to step in to maintain it, then that is what will happen. BA disappearing would cripple the country, but the fight for survival has passed."
Although now a less often SLF, I've been following this and the other thread with interest but reading this post I'm begining to think that I must be on another planet!
-- I would suspect the IAG "British Airways" brand name will be around for as long as it suits the new IAG Corporate structure.
-- I doubt the British Government would be so foolish as to step in and maitain a private sector service company. More taxpayers money going into a 'bale out' following the banking nonsense? A half Spanish owned company? EU legislation, etc. etc.
-- How on earth could this airline 'bring the country to its knees'? What is BA's proportion of the country's GDP? My apologies but this one really has me giggling and I cannot believe it was written in earnest.