Quite - I have flown around Europe with BA several times in the last few years and have received a hot meal twice. Once in Club (from Gatwick) and once on the Manchester Breakfast shuttle (from Gatwick). Have sat in Euro Traveller many time from LHR and not received a hot meal so please don't tell me it's the norm.
Reduced Crewing and Product - already in place at LGW
and they have less days off, fixed links, standard short turnarounds, mixed flying, no restrictive disruption agreement, usually minimum rest.
Add to this a whole host of other efficiency changes made by the crew at LGW and yes you will understand by incredulity that BASSA are calling a strike ballot over asking the CSD to work, increasing a highly inefficient Short haul fleets productivity and considering another new contract (which has never seemed to bother BASSA before), and yet importantly not touching your pay.
It beggars belief and makes me hugely angry as I know plenty of people back at BA who work hard, are lovely people and are now facing uncertainty surrounding their job security due to the actions of a few loonies who are adept at, if nothing else, drumming up support through lies and spin.
Last edited by Matt101; 7th November 2009 at 10:11.