Dave F
Thanks for joining this much maligned forum, its not that bad and indeed judging by the writing styles this thread appears at least appears to be, how shall I put it, "rage free"
You mentioned early on the fact that the existing PTWK contract was in part drawn up by a brave female pilot a few years back. Now IMHO the agreement was very cleverly drawn up, because as I understand it BA Part Time Workers undertake no reserve/standby commitments, and can gain some advantage over their senior colleagues at one of the stages of work allocation/award (back to bidline rules, sorry chaps/chappesses)
It is no surprise, IMHO, that many of the full time workers feel they are being disadvantaged by the part time workers and is certainly not giving equality for all. Perhaps a rewrite of the PTWK contract to correct these apparent anomalies would reduce some of the "anti' feeling we are seeing here and in "the other place"