Never mind the "****e" flying skills of all airbus pilots and their inability to pole a 1-11 around the tracks.
( sadly include myself as one whose skills are degraded; due to the rules which apply to airbus SOP's ,3hr sim slots not 4hr and a multitude of other factors)
The real confusing thing here is :
Balpa say only a few applications and out of 130 places to fill (this year) - there have been just a handful of suitable guys so far. The company ( well Dear old Lloyd) indicates that they are inundated with applications).
I can see that the "offering/package" is piss poor. What type rated pilot would apply to sit in the RHS for 16 years for the sort of rewards BA are offering? However I would love to know - who is telling porkies? BALPA or BA?
I guess it won't be easy to tell - and we now have the added complication, of all recruitment being suspended, whilst there is a fight over the type of pension offered.