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Debunking myths is all well and good. I personally have no axe to grind here and have respectfully read some of your earlier posts on other threads and agree with a lot of what you say. I am an ex-mil chap in his mid-forties and concur that BA is no place for the likes of me anymore. That's history. But to you, do you think you will get the pension you signed up for when you joined? And if they take it away, or try to reduce it, what are you going to do?
Ages ago I said that the new joiners would not support NAPS guys and a two tier system was being created. Those close to retirement have loyalty only to themselves and their families. The new joiners have no loyalty to those who failed to protect the new joiners. Unpleasant, but you reap what you sow.
Having said all that, all around me, everyday, I see those less fortunate than me.
So I put it in perspective. Wasn't Narnia bloody crap?