Benchmarking total packages against LH, AF,- ie old established European carriers may be interesting, but these airlines also have enormous cost problems. The challenge is coming from the low cost carriers, especially in Europe . They continue to expand, open up new routes, especially from the UK provinces, while BA contracts into its Heathrow heartland.
Most of BAs costs ,- and those include remuneration/productivity relationships,- render it vulnerable and thats true of pilots just as much as cabin crew , ground staff and management . No one group can say " Its them, not us". All BA folk are in the current situation together.