To be honest, some of you are making yourselves look ridiculous by nit picking Mesmer's post.
There is no other airline that has less that 14 crew on a 747 with the type of premium cabins that BA has. Most have far in excess. What's your problem!!...... Lets do it with even less!!!!....... it wont be a nice service for our passengers...... but who cares, as long as it's as unpleasant as possible for the cabin crew... that's ok then!!!!!!
Get real please, Mesmer said she/he understood why the crew were removed. she/he just said it did not make for good customer satisfaction, if the CSD gets called away, that's all.
Quite frankly as Mesmer has no axe to grind and is not a militant Bassa mentalist, just a hard working crew member that backed BA and did not strike, I tend to believe him/her when she/he says that club can be hard at times. I expect that none of you posting the opposite opinion have ever worked in an aircraft cabin......thought not!!