Obfuscation - the Cape Town story is true. Cabin crew refused to tech stop resulting in a 24 hour delay.
Helli-Gurl - I knew you're posting was going to be a laugh when you said BASSA were too clever. Too stubborn perhaps, or too hard-nosed, but clever BASSA certainly ain't. After months of bluster and a pointed refusal to accept any sort of AMP, they went into the meeting full of fury and walked away several days later with exactly the same AMP as everyone else, meaning they delayed the payment to their members by almost a year for no reason. They also had a vote on possible industrial action and got less than a 20% return, and most of those were against industrial action. If you think
"the CC only have to call "strike" and the airline grinds to a halt very rapidly" then you are deluding yourself. I don't think BASSA could manage a strike if their lives depended on it these days.
If you want to know what the CC have given then why not try to ask the CSD on the next A321 you are on? BASSA didn't like that move and were told where to stick it. Perhaps you'd like to have a good read of the new Worldwide Disruption Agreement which means BA gets far more out of the crew at the tiny cost of a hotel room if you're on early QRS. The tide has convincingly turned in the negotiations these days and BASSA is walking away from the table having made large sacrifices for virtually nothing in return.
Meanwhile BALPA members continue to enjoy the financial benefits of their pay benchmarking and restructuring exercise.
