...in which case if Hand Solo is correct (and I've no reason to doubt he is) and there
isn't a glut of appropriately qualified pilots out there, just who exactly is going to be drafted in to replace all these folks going part time?
(Assuming of course that EITHER the number of applications for PT from aspiring mums-to-be on the BA line does increase as a result of this tribunal AND/OR this becomes the catalyst, as Balpa claim they wish it to be, for getting more widespread PT working arrangements across the board at British airlines).
Either it means that the hours will have to be worked by those remaining on the line (arguably most likely, swapping one inequity for another?) or BA will have to recruit un-typed/un-experienced pilots.
If the latter option is chosen, then BA will incur additional training costs and face a significant lead time. And while the part-time safety issue might be irrelevant when it comes to Mrs Starmer, would the 250-hour newly-typed newbie that replaces her flying on a 50% contract be considered 'safe' by the travelling public?
Recruiting new staff also relies on BA being attractive to applicants, something which (based on a current thread in T&E) may not be as much as a given as it has been in the past. Did someone say no decent pension for new joiners? Not to mention the ever-increasing wait for command (especially if the number of pilots accruing the same seniority for doing half the work increases...)
{edited to outwit the grammar police}