The 'Disruption Agreement' is a document recently agreed between BASSA Worldwide members and BA. BASSA Eurofleet is stillin negotiations with BA re a short-haul disruption agreement.
BASSA Worldwide members voted on the Disruption Agreement with 98% support.
As the name suggests, the Disruption Agreement comes into effect during periods of severe disruption. Whether or not the disruption warrants the agreement to come into effect is up to the BASSA chairman.
Basically, it allows Worldwide crew to operate outside their current working agreements, but still within the Disruption Agreement framework. Basically it allows BA extra crew flexibility.
This is where BASSA is coming under fire from many of its members. BA yesterday requested BASSA to implement the agreement, BASSA refused, arguing that the Disruption agreement is intended for situations such as severe weather, ATC issues etc. The mood from most BASSA members seems however that BASSA should have agreed and implemented the disruption agreement.
Many members are also very upset about the postings by BASSA on its website yesterday and today. They basically put Gate Gourmets problems at the foot of BA's door.
Any of you that can view the BA forum pages will know exactly what I mean when I say that the posts are overwhelmingly Unhappy with the reponse of BASSA.