Amazon man
"Those of us in Citiexpress in the main........bad enough being saddled with BAR."
Don't suppose you'll turn away the opportunity of 'saddling' yourself with all the additional BAR routes though, since it won't do your career prospects any harm. unlike BA pilots and cabin crew who have seen their career prospects trashed to outsource flying to your cheap and cheerful brigade, so we can keep spewing cash out of HMS Waterworld!
I think the reason your 'very senior BA manager' (is that a contradiction in terms?) thinks the whole thing is a disaster is because BALPA, acting in all pilot's best interests, scotched BA's cosy idea of outsourcing flight deck jobs to the lowest bidder.
Then again, judging from your comments on seniority lists, scope clauses, and anything else to do with mainline BA, perhaps you actually want to be the lowest common denominator, driving everyone's salaries down! personally, I think most people want to see the opposite.
Take it from me, what goes around, comes around.
Grow up mate.
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: Tandemrotor ]
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: Tandemrotor ]