The mood in LHR today was terrible, some crew were actually in tears! We will now be operating min crew with crew now required to do a " cabin Tidy" as baby crew do ,so no more cleaners! On the plus side we are getting more money but the general feeling was that if we had wanted to work for a low cost airline we would be wearing orange not Jaeger!!
So let me get this straight: crews were unhappy about having to do a bit more work despite getting more money?
Then you say; ".........as a result mainline is
losing a lot of money and it simply can't go on."
It sounds to me that bmi are putting in place a strategy that will enable them to survive and compete.
And before all the "it's the managements faults were are in this position in the first place" start, may I make a suggestion? If you can do better apply for management positions when they arise.
P.S. If we are getting all the info it would suggest that there are no redundancies in the offing. That is good. bmi crews are some of the best I have flown with.