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Originally Posted by Damien
If this happens it will be a institution lost partly because of the Unions. The truth is, compared to other airlines, they had one of the best salary packages for staff. I don't see how giving them even more would 'save' BA.
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You won't find anywhere in my posts a suggestion that anybody should be given more money. The only tactic Walsh brought to the job when he became CEO was bullying and attacking staff terms and conditions. He has repeatedly stated that you don't get anywhere negotiating. This is the attitude of a previous era. During his time at Aer Lingus he made quite a few costly blunders while dealing with union. His strategy then was to take Aer lingus to the point where a management buyout, led by him, was the only viable option. Fortunately the Irish politicians finally saw through him.
He provoked the Gate gourmet dispute which cost BA millions, he oversaw the T5 fiasco and is now hellbent on being the CEO of a merged BA/Iberia airline. There was much made by the supportive press of him forgoing his bonus during the T5 fiasco, I didn't notice any reporting of the £1 million pound "additional payments" he received.
The only way for BA to survive is to get rid of this numpty and install mangagement who are willing to bring a strategy that is for the benefit of BA, not the CEO.