Hi BiVIRAAM,
I read your previous post and FE (Fred Elliot's) reply. You were both right to some extent, although FE was rude.
To clarify:
The pay offer is 4% p.a. each year for three years (not the 2.4% you speculated).
With the arrival of the EMB195, there is a good possibility of FOs with less than 5 years service going onto the jet, if the seniority list is followed. The bidding for places is underway now.
The CC have written to BALPA members with the pay offer and revised pay scales. The proposal is for FO starting pay to be reduced to £23,000. The ballot is not finished yet.
It is possible that the balloted offer will be rejected - the basis for many pilots discontent is the errosion of their T&Cs due to lack of crews (this was in part a deliberate action by rostering when the numbers of crew per aircraft were reduced from 5 Cpts and 5 FOs to 4.3 of each per aircraft; with the remaining crews often working to their FTL max). The pay offer of 12% over 3 years does not overcome this difficulty - we will see if its acceptable to crews.
If the balloted offer is rejected (and this would be due to the erosion of T&Cs) a strike is very likely - once the BALPA formalities have been concluded.
I like flying for Flybe, however the reduced T&Cs are unacceptable; a strike would unfortunately be damaging to the company, so I sincerely hope it can be avoided, with proper crewing levels being maintained and crews not constantly being told that they are working to "legal limits" by crewing when working to FTL limitations.