barney,
not sure about your 50% of pilots being in barps in 10 years time, but i'm pretty sure that almost none of you will be in the left hand seat at the time so i'm guessing we will still have a major say!
mute point anyway because the real issue is we are all getting fecked with and we both only get better deals by sticking together.
unfortunatley you and the rest of the new joiners joined the company accepting the new and woefull pension. your willingness to see my pension reduced as some sort of moral leveller for the pittance your getting is flawed my friend. you decided to join ba on the deal they offered you, i wouldn't have, but you did. i agree that barps is a disgrace. however was i willing to strike for people not yet in the company who would do my job for less money and crap pension? think not!
unfortunatley the race to the bottom has made people like you join the company on T&C's that people like me wouldn't have considered. if you feel the best way to protect your future in the company is to support managements rape and pillage then i'm guessing your ww idea of the modern pilot. i for 1 don't expect to see you on the picket line, but i can't believe you think that naps members should pay for our new long haul fleet and ww bonus either!
as ww attempts to turn us into to ryan air with champange i fear it will be chaps like you, desperate to join but bitter that you don't have the deal that the rest of us have that will make it easier for him to screw us all. as i've said this is not an issue that directly affects you or one that i expect to see you stike over. however the result will have a direct influence on the negotiating position that balpa can take in the future.
2 many desperate plane spotters with atpls who will work for free going to put us all in the crapper barney, if you will join for a crap pension 1 of theese clowns will join for no pension!
no doubt standards remain high and pax safety not affected by the drive to put the cheapest pilot possible in the cockpit!