BA wins injunction to stop the strike

The privatisation of BA, railways and our utilities was madness. All these companies were sold below market value and have ripped of the British people ever since. BA was the UK's national airline whilst the others should be services for the people not used as a tool to screw as much out of us as possible.

The gas, electric and water charges are ridiculously high not to mention that madness of rail fares. Remember the water meters being introduced with people having water cut off!!!

Getting Back to BA, it does appear Willie Walsh is out to destroy the union and the conditions of its workforce. In industrial disputes there very few winners. But if BA goes bust the blame lies at Willie Walsh and the board for embarking on this 1970's macho management style not the workers who are protecting the jobs and conditions

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Originally Posted by SiMar

That's because there isn't any.

Why the hell anyone would want to nationalise an airline is really truly beyond me.

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Because state ownership of everything has consistently been proven to be the most effective way of managing an economy, as witnessed by the economic successes of Cuba, North Korea and the USSR. :wink:

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Originally Posted by lucky

The privatisation of BA, railways and our utilities was madness. All these companies were sold below market value and have ripped of the British people ever since. BA was the UK's national airline whilst the others should be services for the people not used as a tool to screw as much out of us as possible.

The gas, electric and water charges are ridiculously high not to mention that madness of rail fares. Remember the water meters being introduced with people having water cut off!!!

Getting Back to BA, it does appear Willie Walsh is out to destroy the union and the conditions of its workforce. In industrial disputes there very few winners. But if BA goes bust the blame lies at Willie Walsh and the board for embarking on this 1970's macho management style not the workers who are protecting the jobs and conditions

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Like having to be part of a team of 2 people handing out tea and coffee as opposed to 3?

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Originally Posted by lucky

The privatisation of BA, railways and our utilities was madness. All these companies were sold below market value and have ripped of the British people ever since. BA was the UK's national airline whilst the others should be services for the people not used as a tool to screw as much out of us as possible.

The gas, electric and water charges are ridiculously high not to mention that madness of rail fares. Remember the water meters being introduced with people having water cut off!!!

Getting Back to BA, it does appear Willie Walsh is out to destroy the union and the conditions of its workforce. In industrial disputes there very few winners. But if BA goes bust the blame lies at Willie Walsh and the board for embarking on this 1970's macho management style not the workers who are protecting the jobs and conditions

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Passionate post big on feet stamping but short on detail.

Privatisation was madness, really? Why was it madness?

You could start by stating why you think the British Government should fly aeroplanes, drive trains, generate electricity, drill for gas or supply water and if you think they could do it as efficiently or as effectively as the private sector?

And even if you do somehow come up with a solid reason as to why politicians should be in charge of such things who do you think would be paying for the government to provide these 'services' and how do you think that money would be raised?

I would then be interested for you to show why you think the £9bn floatation of British Gas was below market value.

Swiftly followed by your thoughts on the fact that water meters can save huge amounts of water (the worlds most valuable commodity) from being wasted and metering can actually substantially reduce peoples bills as they are charged for what they use (frugally) compared to avergaing out the cost of what everyone uses (not so frugally).

Finally if Willie Walsh is out to break the Union then good luck to him, I've yet to see any sensible argument supporting the Unions position here, BA workers will still be amongst the best if not the best paid cabin crew in the industry yet the Unions would rather impose £7m a day losses on the company.