This is an interesting topic.
I recall reading one post which was made by a fairly recent recruit to BA, he was a DEP. He said that he would not be pleased if someone from a different airline managed to join the BA seniority list without going through the full BA selection procedure etc etc. In otherwords I suppose he is saying how come they get the easy route into BA.
BA do propose to fully merge CFE and BA EOG. CFE will also move to the North Terminal in 2002 (IMO which is long overdue anyway). LGW is obviously not going to play the same role as it has done so in the past. Long haul movements will be cut dramatically and with short haul movements remaining the same, part of the current EOG fleet will be cut with better aircraft utilisation being planned. It is sorry to see that many jobs with BA (on the ground I presume) will be cut, however Rod Eddington seems to be making some difference due to average load factors hitting figures that show big improvements during the summer of last year. The replacement of 777s for 744s on many routes, will undoubtedly improve profitability on many routes.
With all these proposals for merging Turboprops into the fleet, I remember the time a few years ago when BA used its own ATPs and before that the Bae748, on regional routes.
BRAL on the other hand is a more difficult case. Since BRAL is still a quarter owned by Sir Michael Bishop (BD Chairman), I feel that might prove to be a little bit of an obstacle. IMHO anyway, I am sure that some of you will disagree with me on that one.
The time ahead will be very interesting as we see as everything unfolds.
MG
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[This message has been edited by Mister Geezer (edited 17 January 2001).]