Originally Posted by
Joetom
Question,
The comapny newspaper of the 11Jan2007, shows staff will have to pick Option 1 or Option 2, is this for all staff, or are flying staff getting another Option, if flying staff are being offered another Option not open to ground staff, I think a bun fight is possible, can anybody please answer this question.
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Cheers to all...
Joetom, Pilots aren't getting another 'option' as such. Before last week, BA were proposing a 'transition period' of five years - during the transition, flight and cabin crew would have a retirement age of 60, before switching to 65 in 2012.
Under the current deal, BA scrapped the transition period; BALPA were asked how they wanted to use their share (a bit less than £10m) of the money saved by scrapping the transition, for flight crew. BALPA opted to change pensionable pay from the current 80% of basic to 95%. The cabin crew reps have been given the same offer, but have yet to decide what to do with their share.
So this isn't applicable to other staff, because other staff never had the transition arrangement in the first place.
AFAIK, this change in pensionable pay aside, ALL options are available to ALL staff, for exactly the same contribution rates. Well, except for the management team, of course, whose nest is probably so full, it couldn't take any more feathering.
