I cannot see what all the fuss is about, staff surely have to realise that pro rata the competition they get payed more, do less, have more breaks and still spend most of their time bemonaing the company. As typefied by the contributor who stated that crew applauded the empty flights.
Vice versa management who within BA are grossly over staffed with hardly any of them required to make a decision can hardly be suprised at this action or the reaction of other staff. It seems so few companies care at all these days and BA is just another one.