God forbid - iberia is the world's worst airline, with the world's worst ground staff being in Barajas
I'll second that. And it's not based on one or two bad experiences. It's based on many, many flights on Iberia both when I lived in Spain and subsequently. I'm not a masochist, but at the time I mostly had no choice.
Anyway, I don't think BA will be merged with IB.