The trouble for the BARP guys is not just their current laughable pension. If BA win this, they will come after the payscales. The boss has stated he would like to see five pay points.
Not only that, the "pensionable pay" being capped at RPI inflation applies just as much to the BARP guys and will hit them even harder than the NAPS guys. Look thirty years ahead. For mathematics sake, if RPI is 3% and we achieve 4% pay rises, after thirty years the chasm between actual pay and pensionable pay will be vast. As a NAPS pilot, if you were expecting a £60k pension in today's money, it will be worth nearer £35k which is bad enough. However, if you were expecting an already shocking £10k pension from BARP, you will get nearer £6k as it's based on the same pensionable pay. If that's not worth striking for, I don't know what is.