FLR - I genuinely am intrigued and do not wish to be confrontational....
If you were to join a UK airline today on its current T&Cs, where is better than BA if you don't mind being based in the SE?
No one is saying it's the same job it was, but the industry is very different from 20 years ago anyway.
Let's not spend all night discussing staff travel merits or undertaking a verbal reasoning assessment:
won't suit all individuals but for someone joining an airline today and wanting to be in the UK, it's GENERALLY the best place to be" does seem somewhat contradictory?? word GENERALLY INSERTED