British Airways is a Third World Airline
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FDOS_UKParticipantSo says poster Jomtien9.
Anyone else agree? I don’t.
Jomtien9
No Marty you can’t. All major airlines specifically prohibit consumption of own alcohol brought aboard. If not they would have no control over customers’ excess drinking and resultant problems.FDOS
British Airways allows consumption of passengers own alcohol, as does Egyptair.Jomtien9 – 22/04/2016 12:00 BST
FDOS ….. I don’t fly 3rd world airlines……..22 Apr 2016
at 19:23
Jomtien9Participant* Any airline that no longer serves Campari in long haul Business Class deserves 3rd World status. 🙂
* Any airline serving the cheese and biscuits in 1st Class , with the crackers still in their cellophane wrap deserves 3rd World status 🙂
* Any airline that thinks 31″ pitch for Business Class within Europe is acceptable deserves 3rd World status.
I’m sure readers can add their own 3rd world / BA experiences – you may regret starting this topic !
22 Apr 2016
at 22:35
FDOS_UKParticipant” Jomtien9 – 23/04/2016 06:20 BST
Yes you are quite correct. BA does not offer 31″ in Club World Europe.”
As I said, you were factually wrong, which added to your factually incorrect view that no major airlines have a policy of allowing passengers to drink their own alcohol, makes you look like a Walt, to me.
By the way Club World Europe is an oxymoron.
23 Apr 2016
at 05:29
Jomtien9ParticipantWell if you think it’s ok to pay business class fares for a 3 hour flight to Helsinki in a Club Europe (i.e. standard economy) seat with 30″ pitch, you are a bigger Walt than even your other posts suggest.
In the ‘first world’, Thai offers 32-34″ in economy as do most of the Asian airlines, usually with 18 inch width. I rest my case.
23 Apr 2016
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MrMichaelParticipantI think I might wade in here. FDOS is not by any means a defender of BA. Indeed anyone going back on threads on this forum will find that in the main FDOS is two things. He is definitely not a defender of BA, and he will certainly correct if it is wrong. I rarely agree with FDOS, but on this I think he has a point.
Is BA a third world airline?
Well it is a UK/Spanish entity and I don’t think any stretch of economic imagination would suggest either country is a 3rd world country, so by default BA cannot be a 3rd world airline. It does however go to 3rd world countries, so in that respect perhaps it is. I would also say (and FDOS may disagree here) that BA is a well managed airline with a focus on costs and margins and delivers excellent value to shareholders.23 Apr 2016
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canuckladParticipantWhat about if you take into account it’s IT and BAEC call centre operations? : )
23 Apr 2016
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canuckladParticipantIndeed MrMichael,
And the irony is, in doing so they’ve made us 3rd world consumer’s too, lowering our expectations as we cope with the other group of people dragged into Mumbnilla economics.
Both at home and abroad it’s becoming more and more of a chore to interact with their staff, alas it’s the price we pay for living in the global market place.
Key word being market23 Apr 2016
at 09:03
MrMichaelParticipantThere lies the rub Canucklad. People in a call centre do not actually produce any profit and so getting it as cheap as possible is the answer. If in the UK we had people that would work for £2.50 an hour (I know it would be illegal) then the jobs would be in the UK. It is no different to buying steel, if cheaper elsewhere buy it there. I bet very few businesses buy something from their own country at triple the price of importing it if they are able. I do consider a call centre to be an import in these instances.
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