Originally Posted by
411A
IF all this has been going on for soooo long, why hasn't there been any action from BALPA?
Your post adds nothing to the debate 411A and is well worthy of deletion on 'inflammatory rubbish' grounds.
How can there be any action when there hasn't been any formal 'failure to agree' yet and the negotiations are still ongoing?
BALPA's research into BA's ability to pay only finished recently, are you suggesting they should just 'shoot from the hip' instead?
This is England, Old Boy... Not The Wild West!
And I just don't believe what you say about all the BA pilots you've ever met. BALPA might not be perfect, but without it the management would do whatever they like and our life would be complete hell.
If BA wish to avoid IA, then they will compromise. BALPA's recent decision to compromise is not driven by weakness but by the realities of recent UK pension legislation. I'd be worried if I were a Labour politician right now... A fate similar to that which befell the Republicans last week awaits, methinks.