Well said AbeamPoints - All very true ...
Although you WILL work every weekend for the forseable future in BA and not be able to get even an odd day off for an occasion etc (apart from leave) ..... You will be blessed with a STABLE roster ........ Weigh it up carefully ! (You will also do 2 reserve periods of 21 days each year .... no control whatsoever for 21 days, days off at 12 hours notice).
Any BA command at current figures is 15-20 years ......
You will have to do 5 years before being able to bid to a long haul fleet from, say, airbus shorthaul .....
No final salary pension .......
Salary - OK, new joiners around £40K goes up £1575 per year ....
BA is not what it used to be for DEP's .... a life time to a command with a seniority based roster bid system that will naff you off sitting at the bottom of the pile for years ......
DEP's who joined 5+ years ago have shot up the seniority very quickly with vast amounts of retirements, chaps getting 767 commands within 7 years ..... The tables have turned, this is not the case and will not be if you join now ....... Seniority is EVERYTHING in BA, much more so than any other airlines where all it means is command date ......
The choice is yours !