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Old 15th Mar 2007, 17:21
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the victory will begin to undermine the whole "seniority" argument
There is no basis for that proposition in either the decision of the original tribunal or the review by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, .

Some of the assertions I've read about how the case will allegedly benefit pilots generally are very surprising, and IMHO wrong. They bear no relation whatsoever to what the case was about, or the tribunal's decision.
It was not about seniority, and it was not about applications for PTW contracts generally.
Mrs Starmer claimed that BA's practice in relation to part time work applications constituted sex discrimination against women.
The tribunal was persuaded that it did.

The decision, that there was sex discrimination against women, will benefit women pilots who wish to change to part-time contracts, whether or not they have children.
I can't help wonder if there's a PR effort somewhere to persuade BA pilots generally that Mrs Starmer's victory will in some way benefit all BA pilots.


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