"And the secondees were part of the agreement that allowed that to happen."
How gracious of you to let your employer decide what is best for the company that you are employed by to make, I am glad you are in charge , so I am sure is your employer.
Maybe you should look up the employee/employer thingy a bit .
Tail, dog ,wagging, re-arrange and make a well known phrase or saying....
Balpa , maybe they should get back to counting paper clips in head office and let BA get on with managing the company.
Same old story...... a few union do gooders ( god bless them) are so good at management that they control billions of pounds worth of business rather than try to feather their own nest..........doh, spot the deliberate sarcasm.
Wait for it ..... BAR were the only bit of BA making money, kept the airline afloat for years they did, there WERE our jobs they were , we want ,we want sounds a bit like my 3 yr old