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If you could get the Sun or the Mirror to put your headline on the front page then the public would get on your side. Unfortunately the headline is more likely to read "Holiday misery for thousands as pilots walk out". Which headline to you think the editors are more likely to plump for, especially when the most senior line trainers salary is quoted as being the norm for all pilots?
Public perception can be bought (or at least influenced), but BALPAs
PR team need to start working on it now. You can bet your bottom dollar that the BA team are preparing their battle lines already. Otherwise Joe Public will not give a shiny sh1te about your pension when you stop them from getting to Disneyland!