why have things become so bad T&C's wise at BA
Management are ruthlessly screwing as much as they can out of pilots in order to achieve their own bonuses. Meanwhile they run with their tails between their legs at the first hint of a dispute with another department, hence pilots get screwed over by everyone else too (Cabin crew, bus drivers, baggage loaders, dispatchers, etc). BALPA try to stave off the worst but the management are very adept at the 'death by a thousand cuts' process, slowly stripping things away whilst not quite pushing people far enough to provoke an all out strike. BALPA seem to be overly concerned about being seen to promote anything which might constitute illegal industrial action, despite the fact that every other union in BA plays that card on a regular basis with impunity. Meanwhile BA appoint more low quality managers (some with abysmal records of failure in previous positions) whose main management techniques are threats and intimidation. We now have the ludicrous situation of the most senior pilot in BA on a disciplinary and suspended from flying for refusing to give up a weekend off and come to work. All this just weeks before his retirement! Work levels are high and rising, roster stability is rapidly disappearing, BA is rapidly becoming just another airline. Perhaps thats why they're having such a hard time recruiting they've taken to advertising in the middle and far east and the failure rates for new DEPs is at unprecedented levels.