I would not be at all concerned about being at the bottom of the BA MSL in the current environment. Yes, fuel rationing may become a thing if this insanity continues, but I believe our main premium customer-base doesn’t care about another 10 or 20% on ticket prices. Nor do they care much about recessions. They do not want to be ripped off, but as long as all airlines are increasing ticket prices, I am confident we will retain our huge number of premium leisure customers.
With regards to only being interested in a single (and small) long haul fleet - I can to some extent understand wanting to avoid joining short haul, or perhaps even avoiding a particular long haul fleet, but excluding all bar one fleet suggests to me that this is not the company for you. The main advantage of BA is the ability to choose to change fleets when you get bored of the one you are on - enabling a change in lifestyle/destnations without having to change company and start all over again. I am also struggling to understand why you would only want to join a fleet where you will remain junior for a very long time. The long haul airbus fleets tend to attract short haul FOs who want to avoid a Boeing course, and BA prefers that too because they can do short conversion courses. Those SFOs will all be more senior than you and keep you down at the very bottom of the fleet seniority list.
I too, do not see three days off after every trip surviving beyond the trial. I think there will be a compromise watering down such as two days off being allowed in some circumstances. ie no return to trip two days off on repeat, but also not three days off at all times either. At the moment, it is too easy for people to be stuck having all weekends off, or no weekends off at all. Similarly, the levels of uncovered work, and the seniority being affected by global constraints, is unsustainable beyond the end of this trial.
Last edited by GS-Alpha; 19th March 2026 at 15:45.