Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
I seem to remember that Bristow management/directors were paying themselves huge percentage pay-rises/ bonuses/stock options circa 2008-2014, while screwing down pay and T&Cs for pilots. Around 2012 BALPA pilots voted for industrial action..and BALPA ignored the ballot results.
Plus ca change.
yes and no about the strike, the general workforce was not any where near as singular in there mind as now, the vote then had a low turn out and a low majority to carry out industrial action. If only the people who voted yes carried out industrial action it would have collapsed very quickly. Probably on day 1.
With a mid 90’s turn out and mid 90’s yes vote its shows the strength of feeling and the commitment of everyone to stand together to deal with this frankly dishonest and passive aggressive bulling management and get a proper payrise.
Even with a 95% no vote the company stated in an email “we’re close to a deal” right after the results were mentioned. I think they are not living in reality. I also honestly think they did not believe the SAR bases would strike.
Something that’s not mentioned above is the company were also slipping into the new T&C’s the expectation you will work anywhere in the country whenever they want…. (With no detachment pay), which means all the people that moved at the company’s insistence near a base might find they are doing shifts at the other end of the country. Have a think about what they have agreed to recently and have to man….
There was so many holes in the T&C’s they offered….. however there view is trust us we won’t abuse it. Even though they all trust evaporated a long time ago.