Originally Posted by
M.Mouse
Except that BASSA/UNITE refused to sit down with BA until very late in the game. That is not representing or negotiating.
Unlike BALPA, UNITE and the GMB unions had Section 188 notifications issued by BA. Why wasn’t a Section 188 notice given to the pilots Mr Mouse?
No wonder BALPA got on and negotiated having been bestowed with this privileged bespoke advantage. The other unions had a gun to their heads called ‘Fire and Rehire’. Apparently legal in the UK,(not for much longer), but not in the lands of Aer Lingus or Iberia.
It is BA who refused to negotiate but instead decided to impose a scorched earth policy under the guise of the pandemic.
Still, the problems of other staff pale into insignificance compared to that of BA’s pilots. How noble of senior flight crew marooned on the dead 747 fleet demanding conversion courses and LIFO. Junior pilots heaped with flying school debt, mortgages and young families cast out, because those at the top want to stay on another year.
Altruism seems to be in short supply on the flight deck.