BA's fleet becoming a disgrace... Is it any wonder people abandon old carriers?

[cym]

flew BA SIN - SYD (777) and BKK - LHR (747) over the last month. Both aircraft fine and brilliant service - BA has a great offering for the fares charged

[MidlandDeltic]

Flown BA 747 and 777 recently no issues great flights. I'd rather fly safe with BA on an old aircraft than fly a new aircraft with some of the other "new" carriers out there....

Hmmm. I take a different view; if an airline cannot maintain interiors in a clean and presentable condition (a relatively cheap area of work), then how are they managing with the expensive bits elsewhere on the aiirframe?

Dirty, worn interiors indicate that there is a "couldn't care less" attitude somewhere. Maybe replacing worn seat covers or scratched windows isn't as rewarding as the higher tech bits, but it is still important and not doing them has a cost - as the OP indicates.

[TwinAisle]

There really is little excuse for a dirty aircraft, especially on a 'premium' route departing from your own base.

I've got the return ticket to look forward to at some point; I'll change it to the 747 service, see what that is like...

[Mr Mac]

Skipness one echo
Would agree with you, EK do have some older a/c and they cascade them from premier routes, to shall we say poorer areas of the world. However they have less of these older a/c than BA currently do, and are replacing them at a quicker rate than BA. Another reason not to chose BA IMHO never mind the LHR Shuffle.