Expedite_Climb
BA is a good airline and still thought of by many as the best in the UK. But the margin by which it beats its best rivals is becoming slimmer as time passes.
The terms and Conditions enjoyed by each new "generation" of pilots it employs is reduced, which is a shame for all of us.
In First Choice Airways, First Officers will routinely take home £3300+ per month and will work 600(ish) hours per year. Which is similar to £3600 for 900 hours a year.
Monarch has a pay bridge on its old contracts, which most pilots are on.
Many pilots in the Charter carriers (FCA, BY, MON, TCX) will be on Final Salary pensions and those that aren't will have 15% or so of a basic salary (higher than BA's basic) into their Money Purchase Pension. BA make up alot of take home pay with non pensionable allowances. It is the low Cost Carriers that get away with 5-7%.
It is of no doubt that compared with the new bread of low cost carriers that the differences in terms and conditions with BA are wider. But they make up for it by offering quick commands.
Taking a global picture where BA are competing, then again they do not offer the terms and conditions that many flag carriers (AF, LF etc) do either.
Don't get me wrong, BA are a very good airline, but smugness will get the better of you if you're not carefull!
Last edited by Boeing 7E7; 8th Jun 2005 at 17:38.