The avarice of many senior and retired pilots at BA is a sad reflection of today's society in Britain.
Except they are merely in receipt of those benefits that were given as a consequence of the contracts that they signed when they joined many years ago. Is that really avarice? Or merely your perception based on ignorance?
BA benefit from increased experience particularly with respect to insurance. Also incremental pay scales reduced dramatically pilots leaving the business thus reducing training costs and wastage.