listening to static on HF and having to spend all your night stops with a load of 50 year old unionists
blackandbrown, just a quick point or two of order, you don't have to listen to static on HF, that is why we have SELCAL, secondly it's not compulsory to spend time with cabin crew on layovers. And some of those layovers are longer than nightstops!
The 747 fleet is hugely popular as it offers such a variety of lifestyles so that even the most junior in either seat is content with his/her lot.
I don't see the relevance of comparing Easy's business model with BA's, clearly each suits the other and wouldn't work the other way round?