the British by the Irish (!!!!)
Great gas, perhaps the issue of who want to run who is about language barriers etc.
BA and IB came together to form IAG, WW will do a splendid job in turning Iberia around. Getting involved with IB was a strategic move, in recognition that in the home market BA have limited opportunities, as it threw in the towel on regional markets to anywhere else other than London.
Lets not forget Spain is going through an appaling financial crisis, not debating the detail of that, the stats speak for themselves enormous unemployment, limited spending power etc.
IAG will bring IB to where it needs to be, IB have been guilty of being MAD and to a lesser extent BCN centric and have never really attempted in a meaningful way to serve the regions (like BA in UK) to anywhere other than the capital. Vueling will be a vehicle to exactly that and they will turn the Spanish operation around.
I for one have great confidence in Willie Walsh, whether he happens to be Irish or not!!! :-)
EI-BUD