Le Loup, I regret that my influence doesnt even extend to what will be on the table for dinner this evening ! My suggestion was simply a plea, having read the bmi thread, for people to pull together and try to retain jobs, even if it means spreading the pain, rather than the few suffering.
The other guys redundancy tomorrow may be yours next week; 50% of what you are making now is better than the paltry £20 a wek the Jobseekers allowance is !
If pilots, engineers and cabin crew cant join forces now and help each other out, I'm not certain that I want anything to do with aviation anymore. Reading the bmi thread I can name 2 or 3 guys who actually have the plot - Max Pete, Arkroyal - but a huge number seem t be so well balanced with a chip on each shoulder that it saddens me.
From personal experience, the bmi management are cheats, liars,ineffective and utter buffoons; someone from the ranks has to come forward with a solution. Listen to MAx Pete;he ALWAYS speaks sense and has the greater good at heart.