Originally Posted by
Whitemonk Returns
Thank you for the inside analysis but just one question... Why would any BA pilot at this stage care if BALPA was weakened further through resignations? They have proved themselves to be beyond weak by folding to the company during the initial IA and as such why would anyone expect them to be able to protect T&C in the future? I'm glad the pilots are getting their payrise but if you look around you would have gotten 11% over three years with market forces alone forcing BA's hand.
I don’t believe that for a second. Their opening offer was a 2.3% one year deal. If we had no union representation within BA then that would have been the first and last corporate offer.
All the evidence suggests that a strong unionised workforce does better in pay deals than a workforce with no representation.
It might not feel like a win because the strike itself didn’t move the offer substantially, but we’re a long way from where the negotiations started.