Originally Posted by
Joetom
Why has this 19% pensionable pay rise for flying crew not been hi-lighted by the company so as all staff can see the game being played, think an old saying rings my bell, we are all equal, just some are more equal than others???
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Why if flying staff get 19% for shifting 10yrs, ground staff not getting 9.5% for shifting 5yrs???
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Why do ground staff not get 9.5%? Because the flying staff originally got a bigger kick in the nuts than everyone else because their NRA had to shift by 10 years and not 5. Even BA recognised this and implemented a 5 year transition period. This meant BA's annual payment dropped from £280M to £265M after those 5 years. As the whole pension deal is about affordability to BA, BALPA maintained that if BA could afford to pay £280M we'd rather have our share of that money directed in manner we can use more efficiently. £9M is the share attributable to pilots and BALPA have used it to pay for the increase in pensionable pay. Ground staff aren't getting 9.5% because they didn't need anything to cushion a 10 year shift of NRA. Of course if you wanted to shift your NRA to 70 then perhaps you could have a cushion too.