Regionals
I do see BA's influence deminishing even further as the the profit margins are just not there for a larger airline/s. To some extent the crews must foot some of the blame as once they have come under the BA banner they naturally want to enjoy all the perks that go with BA. This immediatly increases operating costs, one example of this is BACX?Brymon who used to do cabin dividers and seat conversions, at some stations I was told they even effectively cleaned the a/c or at least assisted, CC did the cabin security check.
These latter functions were not done by BA and therefore are not done by BACX now. Costs have increased and revenues deminish and these are the results. I would concede that some of this is down to ineffective management and staff being their own worst enemies.