What's done is done.... These contracts and pay agreements were signed many years ago, in a different era, a pre-911 era and a pre low cost era.
A land in the sand has been drawn by BA.
And you'll find now that crew (like myself) on the new contract are earning not a dissimilar amount to other carriers...
My 1100 take home this month is most certainly *NOT* 10k a year higher than the next highest paid cabin crew. It is also lower than the salary of most of those other 'comparitive' jobs posted earlier.
So whilst you can't take back what is done, BA can and will focus on lowering costs for the future...
And as these people fizzle out of the system (resignations, retirements, etc), then the cost base will continue to fall... and the Senior FO's can breathe a sigh of relief yet again that the average Cabin Crew wage will be well below their own.
This is the BA of now... whilst BA can search for efficiencies in operating allowances, in crew complement, in working agreements to minimise the cost of those on such salaries... for those of us who've joined in the last 5 years and for all the swathe of new recruits, BA is getting us at a rate very close to the Cabin Crew national average.
Something that those on here who like to shout and scream to bring attention to overpaid salaries might like to consider...