BIGBAD with the greatest of respect if we are meauring a 'decent airline' by how many 'oh's' and 'ah's' you get from 'the ill informed public' when you say who you fly for and how quickly that persons mind runs away to a carribean island and you being paid £500K a year for the privilege of being there then yes, BA and Virgin are some of Europes most 'decent' airlines.
If you're measuring the job on the basis of pay, job security, actual customer survey satisfaction (
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