In response to TT (the OP) and:
Im seriously contemplating leaving BA 747 to go to low cost short haul for a quick upgrade, but most people that I speak to look back in shock
Just pointing out the perhaps obvious for anyone thinking of joining as a DEP on a Long Haul Fleet:
1. you are never going to get a quick upgrade on Long Haul,
and
2. Post joining type freeze means you aren’t going to be moving to a relatively fast upgrade fleet for a few years ...
Originally Posted by
Jwscud
There are a few junior A320 captains working their notice and going to EZY too.
No great surprise those in the LHS look shocked. It ain’t the junior long haul life they lived.
Frankly if anybody in the LHS at BA is shocked they are either acting or they need to pay a bit more attention to what is going on around them.
It is a commonly held POV that large parts of the rostering system formerly known as Bidline has been trashed and the consequences of that have really bitten this summer. Nobody in either seat, regardless of seniority, can make concrete plans for days off even a month ahead, outside of leave. You can have successfully bid for work that gets you above the CAP and even so still get an extra trip stuck on your line/line rejigged- in other words forced overtime (July seems to have been bloodbath on the 744)........and to add to the problems as we head towards some fairly important elections for Union reps the association is giving a fair impression of being in disarray.