It may well just be me, but I fail to see the point you are making. At the risk of being arrogant (moi???) it is clear Iwas entirely right. BA HAVE lowered their Regional Cost Base, unfortunately, thanks to BACC they have got away with turning the Ts and Cs screw on us in a HUGE way. The only area of my post where I was wrong was that not all of the CFE guys have been soaked up in mainline (and BTW what a huge difference there is between ex CFE and mainliners!)
However, as another point to ponder, since you talk about us wanting to get onto the mainline Seniority List. Initially, BA management offered BACX BAe 146 and RJ100 pilots the opportunity to join CFE on the Master Seniority List. Just us, not the rest of BACX. Now, it may well be argued that not accepting that was a tactical blunder, however we turned it down. Why? Because in BACX we tend NOT to just look after the interests of a few, but to try and stick together. We were not going to take an offer which would have looked totally as though the BACXCC were only cossetting the chosen few. Compare that to the way BACC have acted throughout!
Finally, as maybe the MAIN point to ponder: Back in January 2002, we had only just been taken over. What did that mean? Well, basically we were extremely profitable, turning in record profits year on year. Our management complement were relatively slim in number and more importantly, KNEW HOW TO RUN A REGIONAL AIRLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can anyone blame us for becoming a little cynical? It's bad enough having to fight the Competition, it's worse having a management which goes out of its way to shaft us, but worst of all is being screwed by our 'fellow' pilots!
