Many congratulations to the BHL Management on their recent victory over BALPA. No sooner had the workforce united as one over the pay deal then our beloved CC are conned into producing a productivity scheme which splits the workforce neatly in to a North/South divide.
This 'meaningful assessment' or time and motions study is so obviously biased towards a short sector multiple landings operation that us Aberdeen drivers get completely screwed by it.
So who produced it? Someone in Norwich perhaps? Surely not the same individual who was phoning around the units to get us to accept the revised offer? I sense a cunning plan. Where was the consulation with the staff? Why have BALPA agreed to carry it through when to anyone with the smallest amount of common sense it will only serve to annoy, anger and insult the Aberdeen/Scatsta staff - God knows what the SAR units think of it!
For months the cry on Rotorheads has been to unite behind BALPA. We did but now I sense another public row. They'll be dancing with joy down the corridors at Redhill.
Come the CC - GET A GRIP.
