Originally Posted by
Flying_Sarah747
Carnage Matey, what's your problem? We are all aware that we are paid better than most airlines, and have better conditions, but what's so wrong in us wanting to keep up those standards?
Nothing at all. I've never suggested you should take a pay cut, just that you should do some more sectors per month for that money instead of spending so much time sitting around at Compass.
We have obviously made a life for ourselves based on our current earnings and working conditions, so if they're taken away from us, there are some of us who won't be able to pay the mortgage anymore, won't be able to pay off our loans etc, etc, etc.
Nobodys talking about taking money off you. BA only reintroduced the hourly rate idea when BASSA demanded a huge pay rise by moving new contract pay scales to match the old contract ones. The hourly rate proposal has now been withdrawn so who is threatening a pay cut?
If I ever have to fly with you I think I'll off load myself!
But you have flown with me, and you didn't offload yourself. It's very easy to charicature people who don't agree with your view as "cabin crew haters", especially in an anonymous forum. The reality is that perfectly rational people, who have a fine relationship with the people they work with, can disagree with each others views and can certainly disagree with the BASSA propaganda. PPRuNe is not the BASSA forum, and here we are allowed to mention the working practices of cabin crew and BASSA without being accused of appauling [sic] CRM.
P.S. Carnage Matey, what do you feel about the pilots pension issue??? Bet you're gonna fight for that hey?
Damn right, just like most of the crew on my trip yesterday who don't like the idea of Willies pension raid on the staff. In fact, just like BASSA too.
We all want the same thing in the end...Just think about that next time you feel like going on one of your little rants.
Untrue. If you wanted to continue uncompetetive practices I could almost bring myself to support you, based on the principal that we need better than the average cabin crew to maintain our brand differentiation. The reality is that you not only wish to continue your uncompetitive practices, you want to make them even less cost effective by increasing everyones pay! Thats the reality of the situation. You can accuse me of ranting all you like, the reality is that you simply don't like people telling you the truth. I'd like you to provide value for money for BA. Is that too much to ask?