I was FORCED to take severance three years ago and have 12 years contributions in NAPS, so I get a say.
It used to annoy the hell out of me that a senior captain in his early fifties could spend all his career on shorthaul contributing on a salary of £70k (for arguments sake, don't get me started on cash in hand expenses), then use his high bid status to go long haul, then pay in on say £110k for the final few years and then collect his pension based on this inflated final salary. Please could you show me another group of peolpe working for BA that can do this???
Sky9 Don't even think about saying doctors and lawyers get paid more than pilots. Most of the senior BA captains were the chosen ones, paid to become a pilot and trained in about 18 months, not studied for 5,6,7 years to get degrees whilst NOT getting paid.
It makes me sick