I can well understand the euphoria from BASSA members at such a large YES vote, but a YES vote based on what?
The 12 points as I understand them:
1. EG300. Not ideal, but since BA cabin crew have such an appalling sickness level what else do you suggest. You signed up for it and took the money!!
2. Down route report times.
3. Preferred Duty Free Seller. Best person for the job seems fair to me.
4. Fixed Links. Excellent idea for the 21st century.
5. Buses (for commuters). Trivia, all local buses at LHR are free for crew use.
6. Manchester Base. What?
It's gone.
7. Working Times. BASSA want 900 hrs and stop working, even if it is within the max 2000 hrs duty.
8. Loss of CSD in Eurofleet. CSDs not rqd in S/H, particularly on single isle aircraft!
9. Purser/Junior Swap on 744. What other job do you know that has one big boss & 4 smaller bosses to 'manage' 10 people?
10. 1997 Payscales. Have sympathy on this one, but you cannot expect BA to suddenly offer a major increase - UNLESS you guys give up some of your archaic practices: destination payments, one-down payments, MBTs, lack of flexibility re industrial limits etc etc.
11. Pensions. BASSA lied through their teeth! A 'decent' pension decision had already been agredd.
12. LGW Bfst Allow. the need for a bfst allow in L/H is totally different to S/H. Anyway BASSA have totally ignored and deserted the LGW people over the years - so was this just a guilt thing.
I am still totally bewildered at the number of cabin crew that voted YES, but had no idea what they were voting YES for. lots of them still seemed to be under the impression that it was about hourly pay!!!
I think WW will take BASSA on, because Rod E did not seem to have the bottle for it.