The new joiner to BA will be able to enjoy the recent incarnation of ‘
forced draft’, and exciting little backwater of the rostering agreement where your days off can be changed in an instant with a threatening phone call from current ops to come in or your on a disciplinary!
Perhaps this slightly less vote winning policy has yet to impress the putative DEP who might prefer some of the more traditional terms and conditions offered by other employers such as days off, leave, and time with your family. Funnily enough, ‘
I’m sorry, I’m the only one who can look after my children’, or
I’m sorry but I’m not in the UK, have yet to be accepted as reasonable excuse to decline forced draft.
I imagine the slightly disappointing guest list is because those prospective new recruits who have done their homework have realised that working for BA is rapidly becoming a profoundly unpleasant experience.
It’s not the opposition I’m worried about, it’s my management I can’t beat!