Originally Posted by
Smokey Lomcevak
On the other hand, if BA are determined to hold on to every LHR slot, it gives some sort of indication of how many aircraft - or at least movements - BA intends to use going forward. BALPA report that this information has not been forthcoming so far. Without it BA’s proposals for the number of redundancies required mean nothing and draw little credibility.
Surely its up to the individual Arline how many people they employ and how they employ them. BA might want to use sub-contract staff in place of permanent employees or outsource great swathes of the company, so the number of redundancies will have no bearing on the size of the operation going forward.
On the other point about the government taking away slots as punishment - not going to happen as to be seen to be fair you would have to do the same to any other airline that makes people redundant. The government cannot punish individual companies simply because they make more fuss in the media.