Kurtz
"with the purse strings to my Final Salary BACX scheme, (now also closed to new members) now firmly held by BA"
Not sure that is strictly true.
Feelings in mainline regarding retaining an FSS seem to be running quite high, with the suggestion of industrial action. Difficult to know if this is a realistic threat! I imagine time will tell!
I am interested to know, what kind of 'useful linkage' you, yourself see. Bearing in mind, as you say, there are now mainline pilots without an FSS either!
I have the geatest sympathy with ANYBODY whose T & Cs are under threat. But then as you probably know, there is a sizeable group of BACX flying staff who already KNOW their T & Cs are likely to face a massive attack in the very near future! What is your view of THEIR 'big picture'?
Finally, it may very well be that the days of BA holding the strings of the BACX purse could, in any case, be numbered.