caddyman: (Morning!)
caddyman ([personal profile] caddyman) wrote2009-05-22 11:12 am

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In the news today we hear that BA (British Airways) announced the biggest loss since the company was privatised in 1987.

BA reported a loss before tax of £401m for the year to 31 March, after seeing its results hit by a weak pound and higher fuel costs.

This is to be expected, I guess, in the current economic climate. The bit that worried me, though, was less the news and more the headline (which has since changed, so there's no point linking to it): BA profits nose dive.

Is it just me, or are the words nose dive particularly worrying when used in an article about a national (or indeed any) airline?

[identity profile] invisible-al.livejournal.com 2009-05-22 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Sub-editors live for days when they can write headlines like that :).

[identity profile] w00hoo.livejournal.com 2009-05-22 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Crash and Burn might have been pushing things a bit, but I don't think that 'nose dive' is that offensive myself.