Leander - of course I can only speak for the few (about 10 or so) fellow FC whilst the thread has been on Pprune, and yes, I've spoken to CC and LHR groundstaff - all in NAPS
. I suppose I feel trapped between a rock and hard place over this situation. I do believe that there will be a lot of posturing before an agreement finally comes into place, just in the nick of time, but at who's cost?
I don't believe the general public understand what's at stake for many of us and yes one day soon the demand for FC will increase mainly by increasing numbers of Lo-Co's but the final salary schemes of yesteryear are just that - gone so any new pilots who join these start-ups are going to face poor pensions as well as poorer T & C's.
Difficult times ahead...
