"Walch was great at AerLingus, seeing that BA is not subject to the deregulation enviroment as in the US, most Brits pay through the nose for airfare, ( surprised they didn't make more profit )"
How do you work that out ? Air travel in the UK can be very cheap. You can buy a return ticket to fly from London to most of the major European capitals for between $100-$300.
In the last 10-15 years BA has faced huge competition on it's home soil from companies like EasyJet, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic in key markets. The LCC's such as EZY and Ryanair are now starting to struggle a bit but BA is making a profit....
"Arpey has steered this airline away from Bankruptcy, everyone else shed off millions of debt in the courts, ripped up labor contracts and now compete against AA."
I agree that Arpey kept us out of bankruptcy, but that had a lot to do with the employees giving up a lot of their own money in concessions, whilst a couple of years later, the man in charge and his understudies, reap in a huge reward leaving the people who really suffered for his success with very little in return....
