British airways,the new normal

Taking back control, innit

BA should be renamed Spanish Airways

I would agree that you sound like someone who has never owned a business. Have you?

I have owned a business, you can comment for me.

Not everybody wants to keep costs to a minimum and treat
their workers unfairly.

Airlines have a difficult future these next 5 years or so,
looking after their brand alongside their workforce should
go hand in hand for me.

I remember when thatcher had a go at them by placing a hanky
over their new tail fin design.

I was led to believe British Airways were cash rich at start of
2020, they do need to look after themselves of course,

So nineteen points, elaborate, this "big agenda" was what exactly?

You would hope they would look after their staff

Other airlines have gone down drastic routes before b a


When we booked flights we just take best price from those
available, not sure there is too much brand loyalty or prestige
in choosing b a as they ain't even the best.

Surviving these next 5 years could be vital, but no goid
for the staff losing their job with no ready replacement.

Doesn't mean employer needs to take advantage of clamour
to retain job.

The job losses are inevitable, but IAG are taking the opportunity to get rid of heritage contracts they've been trying to change for years.

From an academic article I came across a few years back, extract below

"By the end of 1991, the U.S. airline industry had lost all the profit it had earned since data began being collected, plusnearly $2 billion more. It would recover in the late 1990s, then lose all its profit again, whether measured in nominal or real(inflation-adjusted) dollars, again early in the 21st century.

Few industries hold such a distinction. The net cumulative earnings of the U.S. airline industry are reflected in both nominal and real dollars in Figure 1, "Airline Industry Cumulative Net Profit."

Anemic economic performance has forced more than 170 airlines into bankruptcy since deregulation began in 1978. Some entered Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy, continuing operations while seeking to restructure debt. Most were liquidated."

somebody somewhere would of made money.

If you have a losing betfair account you can sell it...

Start up costs may have just become lower,..



They say in the gold rush it's the pick makers that get rich.

Sell the dream, sell the picks

Not sure why nail bars will survive?

£20 to polish yer nails, me dear old mam used to go
to hairdressers every sarraday, seems as if nail bars
are the new hairdressers, milking excess cash from society.

Still some folk probably find it odd we sit around chatting
and paying £3 a pint.

As long as we do there will need to be plenty of kebab shops.

i was being ironic.they are well known as money laundering establishments.allegedly.also ways of getting people into country as classed as specialists.6 months later they claim they are being used as slave labour and get asylum.simples in modern day britain.do you want to know the kebab shop angle?

There's a thriving business at local colleges as
young folk do 2 year courses to become nail technicians.