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By John_O
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02 April 2008 |
'The World's Favourite Airline' - such a big tempting target
In the aftermath of the shambolic first days of 'operation' of the
state of the art Terminal 5 at Heathrow, British Airways boss Willie
Walsh was asked what he and his corporate cronies had done before the
opening to ensure there would be no problems.
Before his Rolls Royce window could fully close he was heard to reply "BA!" |
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 4th April 2008 | My Dad worked for a major Asian airline years ago. When the airline owner, Mr C bought a state-of-the-art aircraft, they invited a famous shaman and did a whole ritual complete with a boiled pig's head, the dancing and the chanting around the airplane for maximum good luck. That aircraf crashed with many fatalities.
Mia  | Pigs ear
Written by John_O (138 comments posted) 4th April 2008 | Hi Mia
that was some form of preparation !
It has emerged that BA knew about the problems but didn't really allow enough time for extra staff training, a sadly typical case of British companies wishing to maximise profits by cutting costs (training) and then having to pick up an enormous bill for the predictable cock up.
BA is short for Bugger All by the way.
John_O |
Written by mia_ms_kim (891 comments posted) 4th April 2008 | Oops! Sorry for rambling on and not commenting on your work. Sometimes a piece of writing brings up a chain reactino in me, and I go off on a tangent. I meant to say I found it funny! The last line is very good. I kept imagining "BA!" as a short for "Baaaaahhhh..." like bleating of a sheep! (I have a strange imagination). I kept seeing the guy peeking his head out his Rolls Royce window for a microsecond and bleat at the reporter, showing how much he cared (or not) and how dumb he was. I kept imagining a sheep's head poking out of expensive business suit.
I've heard war stories from my Dad about airlines cutting corners (major corners) to cut their costs. I thought it only happened in Asia. But similar complaints are now being aired in oz as well. Now I don't know which airline to use.
Mia  | BA BA
Written by John_O (138 comments posted) 7th April 2008 | Hi Mia
I can picture the sheeps head on business suit, quite a surreal piece of imagineering there Mia !
The debacle shows no sign of ending and the terminal isn't even running at its theoretical capacity yet. BA and BAA are going to regret their penny pinching attitudes after this - hopefully their shareholders will give them a good kicking and dock their salaries for the farcical level of management they have demonstrated.
If you'll take my advice on airlines it is to look at how much legroom they give their passengers, the more generous the legroom the more likely the airline is to provide a good travelling experience. BA have one of the worst legroom allocations in economy (or herd, as it should be known) class of all the major airlines.
BA BA for now
John_O |
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