Are you a rock-dweller, dear reader? No? I ask because one would surely need to be living beneath the shady confines of a rock to have missed the recent, prickly proposition made by British Airways to it’s staff. It seems that BA has asked that some 30,000 of their employees work for free for up to one month, or to take (up to) one month’s unpaid leave. A most peculiar offer, I think you’ll agree, but a tactic that does see some action from time to time. Read more