Originally Posted by
Joetom
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Please don't get me wrong, I think BALPA have done a super job for the flying staff, I just think it might be a little more fair if ground staff could be treated the same, I would guess if the company offered all staff the same deal, we could put all these pension problems behind us and get back to looking after the customers.!!!
If ground staff were facing a ten-year increase in their retirement age, then maybe BA would have offered transition arrangements to them as well. The new arrangements put everyone on the same footing, but that means that flight crew and cabin crew are facing a MUCH bigger change - hence the original transition arrangements, and the latest proposals to replace them with an increase in pensionable pay.
Even if the same deal had been offered to all staff, GMB might have found something to ballot on. Or am I just being cynical?