How budget airlines manage to be so cheap
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DownwardDog
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The existing staff kept their old contracts but all the new hires since 2010 are on contracts that are more consistent with an airline that isn't run for the benefit and indulgence of the employees.
Apparently, Walsh's two big regrets are that he didn't finish off the old guard in the 2010 dispute and the purchase of the A380.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
it amuses me that you have to seethe when taking a flight and think how you would do it better.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Tax break on fuel. Criminal murderous tax break. 
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Even theirs is worth it, just to get a table with a power socket and some peace and quiet...The joys of first class, London Midland eh?
Most of my trips seem to be Virgin at the moment though, where access to the lounges is a definate plus.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
The new staff they have taken on have a combined age of ten and are so indifferent to service that anyone who pays for their own tickets is flying with someone else.
BA's A380 and 787 - no, we won't have Wi-fi, there's no demand for it
DownwardDog
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The massively overpaid old stagers weren't exactly the last word in customer engagement. IAG/BA is very profitable now so WW is doing something right.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
If you spend 9k to get to LA it would be nice to get a drink within an hour of take off, but the YTS lot are too busy having a natter and planning the fun they'll have when they get there to care, which is why NZ wins every time on that route for me.
And one notes that Walsh's attach on pay and conditions didn't apply to himself
DownwardDog
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If you spend 9k to get to LA it would be nice to get a drink within an hour of take off, but the YTS lot are too busy having a natter and planning the fun they'll have when they get there to care, which is why NZ wins every time on that route for me.
And one notes that Walsh's attach on pay and conditions didn't apply to himself
I once had an Anne Widdecombe lookalike flight attendant offer me chocolates that she had just picked off the floor after dropping them on an F class LHR-ORD BA flight.
BA's soft product isn't even remotely competitive with the ME3, SQ, CX or even TK. I don't think they even try on that front anymore. The strategy now is just to sell on the schedule and the network.
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