Originally Posted by
411A
Indeed you are, unwiseowl, and we all wait with baited breath for the other BA FD crew shoe to drop.
OK 411A, I'll take the bait.
I've no idea where you come from, but your comments about Beaver Eager are bizarre in the extreme.
Even if he were a copilot (which he isn't) it would be a mighty error to assume he is a newcomer to the aviation scene. BA recruit pilots from a multitude of backgrounds; all start at the bottom of the seniority list as the most junior copilot, whether they have 500 hours or 15,000 hours.
28L (BA 744 Captain, but I'm not sure what pigeon-hole that puts me in....54 years old, grey (balding, even), zimmer-frame stowed in the Flight Deck
BTW From what I can glean from discussions downroute and in the FD, the BA pilots are fully behind BALPA on the pension issue.