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Subject: Re: British Airways offloads Connect Posted on: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:39:02 -0700

In message "Graham Harrison"
wrote:

>
>"mrtravel" wrote in message
>news:3UX2h.21659$TV3.6422@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> me wrote:
>>
>> > British Airways is virtually giving away its loss-making regional
>> > airline, BA Connect, to low-cost carrier Flybe in a move that may lead
>> > to hundreds of job losses.
>>
>> How was this loss calculated?
>> Surely they need the same pilots and FA's on the planes and baggage
>> handlers to load them.
>
>Head office duplication will be one area where job losses can be expected.
>I suspect that at airports where both companies operate they won't need as
>many check in staff etc. because they will be able to smooth out some peaks
>and troughs.

Doesn't BA already have that duplication though? Wouldn't there be more
jobs created if the company went off on it's own, and/or a net zero
change if it was bought out by an existing airline?

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