In response to FD2's comments, yes there is LOTS of unrest at Bristow! Apart from the threat of making 14 Captains redundant, the company are imposing swinging reductions in Loss of Licence insurance (as well as the tax and NIC problems), and have now informed the BALPA company council (CC) that there are more problems with the final salary pension scheme! The CC has serious concerns about the timeframe of the pension problem.
The company proposal for LoL is totally inadequate.
At a recent meeting of the BALPA members in Aberdeen (a substatial percentage of all pilots), the CC chairman was able to quell the unrest. After these latest threats, the troops will not be calmed down so easily.
In fact, I believe that a consultative ballot for industrial action is just around the corner. With the pilots at Air Logistics having major problems with Bristow's parent OLOG, over in the US, it is quite possible that industrial action could occur on both sides of the pond. What will the OLOG shareholders think then?
Watch this space!!
