And what about those of us in BA who rightly/wrongly couldn't afford the pension on joining, so have had a private one instead, and now are being hard-pressed by the company to yet again offer more significant savings in terms of productivity etc to pay out this crisis ???
Pensions are a minefield whatever the weather - but there aren't many in the UK who are not in the same/worse position in terms of pension outlook, so perhaps some of it will just have to go down to hard luck ?