For most LCC pilots moving to BA shorthaul means a big pay cut, command prospects go back 10 years plus you have to work out of LHR/GWK and endure massive politics. You will be sat on the top of the lay off list instead of the bottom, you'll be expected to fly more than 800hrs a year and there is supposedly no final salary pension scheme.
WWW - I'v read (and contributed to) the threads on people angry at EZY and RYR - and I'm struggling to see why your arguments are so pervasive.
Big pay cut - how does that compare with the overall value of the package (pension, travel, benefits)? Hasn't stopped loads of guys leaving to go to VS/EK.
Command prospects go back 10yrs - Bus conversions, contract pilots, huge numbers of new F/O's - their not exactly getting better at EZY neither.
Work out of LGW and endure massive politics - Hello?
Top of the layoff list - well, in the LCCs we ALL are.
Fly more than 800hrs a year - a) rubbish; b) Hello?
No final salary pension scheme - you guessed it - Hello?
If BA's doors are opened you'll be choking on dust.
I think from the wannabe's POV expansion among the majors is the best news to happen since 9/11. People ARE going to leave the LCC's, the LCCs ARE going to need new people to replace losses and crew their expansion, and they ARE NOT going to do it with CTC cadets. Opportunities will trickle down to the regionals and spaces will be created at the bottom of the wannabe food chain.
Let the good times roll!