Average 22 days a year sick leave!!! It's theft plain and simple.
Well said Lefty.
What is it with people always complaining that BA crew are greedy and recommending sacking them all and replacing them with cheap labour etc etc? Is it jealousy? Or something else? I don't get it.
It's very simple. I'm a fairly regular passenger and cabin stewards/stewardesses being overpaid is part of what keeps the fare price up and causes cuts in other areas.
I'm also a BA shareholder (small investment in company terms, but big for me) and I'm horrified by what I read.
Do you think waitresses outside the aviation world take home anything like £1800 per month?
Read GS-Alpha's post. I know some cabin attendants have good academic qualifications and choose to do the job for the travel and perks. That's their choice. You don't NEED good academic qualifications to do the job and it doesn't take long to train cabin attendants.
I hope the new CEO sorts the scandal out.
Sally