Yes, we better get ready for the inevitable management claims that it was the excessive salaries and payrises(not true) and the scheduling agreement which caused the failure if Bacon. B*****ks. BA managers and their total lack of understanding of anything regional caused the downfall of Bacon. A lot of sensible responsible thought went into putting it together and agreement was written from a point of view of managing lifestyle. Some things were even added to give the company more flexibility than it had before, but these were never used correctly. Nothing in it would have hampered a company which could manage a stable operation with reasonable crewing levels.
Please don't fall for any of the bull that's likely to be heading your way. One of our managers was in the crewroom yesterday banging on about Flybe not wanting anything to do with our scheduling agreement. What a dipstick. If he thinks that going back to the way in which BRAL used to manage resources is a good thing then we are all doomed.