Torquelink - Yes, Flight Crew allowances are now incorporated into pay and naturally pension. However, the difference in allowances still exists and you ahve not been able to justify why its higher for Flight Crew than Cabin Crew or Groundstaff - please justify? As I say, many of my friends are BA Flt Crew and they state quite openly that Bidline works for the benefit of Crew rather than BA - can you justify that as well?
It's not envy, that's a standard answer from Crew. It's being able to highlight areas where so much money is being frittered away due to out-dated working practices. If BA was to start again, Bidline would be out the window straight away - I assume you can argue against that as well? Longhaul crew have so much time off, a mate of mine flew 4 trips on 777 in two months!
P.S - In a previous job I stayed at Hotels all over the network and probably stayed more hotels than yourself.
