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A few things -
a) Nice to see the slow, steady progress here. Nothing exhilarating, but another small step in the right direction, and a continuation of the general uptick in airline shares. Hope it continues.
b) Never mind the uniforms, have you caught the latest advertisements for BA? Seriously boring, and very unlikely to inspire anybody, or anything. Think they need to move that contract elsewhere. Fortunately, from an investors point of view, we seem to be doing fine without their help.
c) Apologies for last nights' ramblings. To all you youngsters out there, listen up - DON'T DRINK AND POST.

Reminds me of that quote by a 70's footballer - George Best? "I spent most of my money on women, gambling, and alcohol. The rest I just wasted.

DawnTreader - what a cynical attitude you have. I LOVE IT.
fordm -"blow it all on a new pickup and hookers".
What else is money for? Although, personally, I would go for a second-hand pickup, and a slightly better class of hooker. But that's just me.

Looks like sentiment is finally turning in favour of the whole sector. Not getting carried away
though, still waiting for the next pandemic/ war/ plague of locusts. What a cheerful chap I am! Can't help but be wary after the experiences of the last few years, but more optimistic now than for a long time.
fordm - "when the markets panicked over omicron". Can't believe you are so cynical about what must surely be the second deadliest pandemic in history. Shame on you.
Strap in muthafu**ers!!!

Oil - happy to not engage with you again. As for calling you an idiot, what word should I use to describe someone who thinks that the RI came even before the first lockdown? Or that "the share price is lower now than 35 years ago" -ie. about 24 years before IAG even existed? Besides, it was you that was originally rude to me.
Think I will have more success teaching my cat how to do the Rubik's cube than teaching you anything - he once managed 2 sides before being distracted by a sparrow in the garden. Anyway, good luck - with your talents you should have a great career ahead of you in politics.
Ozzie - Ali G./ IAG - nice one, or should I say, booyakasha!

Oil - you suggested I should write something of intellect, so here goes.
Firstly, you need to be able to differentiate between disagreeing with an opinion, which is fine, and disagreeing with a provable statistical fact. Several people here, including myself, have explained to you about the Rights Issue, and the impact of that on the number of shares, and subsequently the market capitalisation, yet still you "disagree" and bang on about £7 a share. In fact, yesterday, you wrote this - " we were 435 in February 2020 after the RI ". Hate to break it to you, but the RI was not until much later in the year (fact), and we haven't been near that share price since (fact). You clearly have no clue what you are drivelling on about, but like most dim people, you have a mystifyingly high opinion of yourself.
But why should I be surprised at this, given that you also posted that Covid19 was "the deadliest pandemic in history". That is, quite literally, the stupidest thing I have ever seen on this board - and there has been a lot of competition.
The idea that you can tell me to grow up and write something of intelligence is beyond parody, but like I said before, people like you always have a badly distorted view of your own abilities. You are clearly an idiot - FACT.
PS - apologies to others for taking up board space with this, but some things just have to be said.

sorry - "deadliest pandemic in history".

Oil - "we survived....the greatest pandemic in history".
Don't know about you, but I wasn't around in 1350.

fordm/Lloyds - entirely agree with your sentiments. Interest rate rises should have been done incrementally over the last few years to minimise pain, not suddenly piled on as they have been recently. Who could possibly have foreseen that years of QE, and (almost) zero interest rates would be inflationary? Well, anybody with an IQ over 12 for a start. The energy price rises sparked by the Ukraine conflict were the straw that broke the camel's back.
House prices are the elephant in the room here - they have been artificially stoked for years to suit the agenda of certain factions. Interest rates of 3% shouldn't be a problem - historically that's still low - but when you are forced to have a huge mortgage to put a roof over your head, and then they suddenly leap up - problem.
Plus, as fordm pointed out, the energy price rises, which drive up the price of everything, are supply side issues, and as several commentators far better informed than me have said, dramatic interest rate rises are not the answer. Well, not unless you are deliberately driving a country into recession.
Still, it's reassuring that many of the people and institutions who have helped bring us to this position will now be the ones to "rescue" us.. But I doubt it will be a problem for them. F**k 'em all.
Still, on the bright side, we actually finished up on the day, which is nice. Think I may release my inner hedgehog, and hibernate until this all blows over. Then again, I said the same about Covid.

"... try a Hobnob...".
I'd rather nail my testicles to the floor (again).

fordm - you are right- anybody who hides in the shadows about their biscuit choice is, by definition, untrustworthy. And by the way, love the use of "nefarious" - a much underused word.
That said - there is still a sub-species below those who don't declare a biscuit preference. I think you know what I am talking about. Yes - Hobnob devotees. The equivalent of a child molester in the local prison - ie. the lowest of the low, beneath contempt even amongst the other undesirables.

Oil - you need to read my post again. I didn't say that I thought this share was only worth £1.15 - I merely pointed out that your suggestion of a £3.50 valuation was unrealistic. I am also disappointed that we are down 50% from earlier this year, and confident that given a little time, we will get back there, but £3.50 is pure fantasy.

Oil - "Why oh why is this share not worth at least half of that 700...".
Well half of that would be £3.50 (obvs), which given the fact that there are now roughly 5 billion shares in circulation, gives a market cap. of about £17.5 billion pounds. Prior to the covid insanity, IAG was trading at just over £6.00 - which with about 2 billion shares in circulation at that point, gives a market capitalisation of about £12 billion.
There's your answer.

D'oh!

...looks like we might go the whole day without any posts!

Jtan/fordm (and me)- the old gang reunited! Respect muthafuc**rs.

Thanks mate - you take care now. Don't let the basta**s grind you down.

Maybe, although that's quite hard to imagine right now.. Anyway, you are clearly an intelligent and perceptive person, so I wish you all the best.

Tru dat, mutafu**er. There's always someone worse off than yourself.

Oh, you know - could be better, but what are you going to do? Life goes on, so one just has to make the best of it. Beats the alternative, right?