I believe the HM's Exchequer said that there won't be money for 1000+ conversion courses in order to honor seniority.
Fleet layoffs are the requirement for government money to arrive at BA and VS.
Originally Posted by
Pickuptruck
And as BA has stated, the choice is layoff as per contract and the company goes bust, or layoff as per what's feasible for the company's survival. So you're keen to layoff as per the contract so the company goes to the wall and 29,000 lose their jobs. You can't layoff on the 747 fleet, how are people so dumb they can't see that. Likewise if the company needs top drag from the 777 fleet to the 747 inspire of the Airbus, they will.
You need to go read BA's reply to BALPA.......