I flew on British Airways today 31 August 2011 from Dubai to London on my way to Detroit. It reminded of a blog I read on Innovation Analysis Group entitled "Pride in BA Brand" a campaign that is supposed to improve the battered image of BA after 2 years of fighting with UNITE.
According to IAG Blog "Central to the drive is a 90-second film addressing five decades of BA, focusing on the role of BA's role in the history of aviation. Topics are set to include British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), which merged with Imperial Airways in 1971 to create the modern BA, as well as Concorde. Images of BA staff are expected to feature prominently in the campaign." This comes after an internal communications campaign designed to inspire the BA Brand in the 32000 BA staff.
For some reason BA reminded me of the MENA regimes, extolling the glorious past in order to improve a present passenger perception. It is laudable that BA is addressing its staff problems because the current problem is not a passenger perception, it is a lack of consistent performance. Staff that is not smiling, cool and abrupt. A Customer Support organisation that is failing to adequately respond to its passenger complaints. A Frequent Flyer Program that does not use emails as a means of contacting it.
Basically a staff problem, the same staff and organisation that a few years back were "the World's Favorite Airline".
Just like people in MENA, BA passengers are not interested in the past but more in the present and the future and this is what BA needs to address. BA needs to convince passengers that it is aware of the problem(s) and they are being fixed, otherwise BA might be looking at a BA Spring.
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