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You only partly understand "scheme" rules. Under LAW, the rest must be 'one hour less than the duty period'
Therefore on a long range flight with a duty day of say 16h30m...the minimum rest must be 15h30m. NOT 12hrs.
(this can be reduced by 1hr via Captains Discretion in suitable accomodation) there are other restrictions in scheme.
-Some of which dictate that rest may continue even longer to achieve a local night.....(and these apply equally to flight crew as well as cabin crew)
And then there are the Industrial agreements...agreed with BA...are you going to blame the crew for what the company agreed to?
2whites 2reds
If your friends working in Tescos with CPL/IR etc and others in a similar position, offer to join a "BA New Pilot Fleet" on a much lower pay stucture, lower hourly rate, less days off, higher CAP, will you think thats a great idea to save BA money...esp if they get all the 'money' trips moved to their bid package?
There are two sides to any story, and luckily non of the issuse will be decided on this forum, we all have our own opinions/views/etc
Crewing levels do differ at LGW, but im many cases so does the product delivered. (Deli bags vs Hot meals in europe)
Most crew dont want a strike, most fear that the reductions in service our customers recieve, will not make them stay loyal, that reducing crew levels reduces the safety margin, that new fleet -with a 2 year turnover- (a McJob) will not build loyalty of staff, that they will not have a vested interest in the long term customer loyalty. They wont go the extra mile that the current crew do now.
Will Mr.W still be around then to clean up the mess ?