I'm most impressed that you know BAs Flight Ops budget Interpreter, especially as that sort of figure isn't public knowledge. Do you know many BA managers, or did you actually mean to say that you don't know what BAs Flight Ops budget is, and hence don't really know what sort of costs are involved in this sort of operation.
the simple fact is that to create a class of employee who may share all the benefits offered to others with a lesser input than those others is to create a precedent that leads only to Carey Street.
That class already exists. Cabin crew. MT drivers. Pushback operators. Loaders. A large swathe of middle management. Thats over a third of BA employees performing way below par whilst enjoying all the benefits that the efficent employees don't enjoy. Yet you complain when one of the few efficient employee groups scores a victory that will benefit a fraction of that very small group and forecast ruin for BA!
BALPA you have been warned and don't forget your members are relying on a pension fund with a gigantic hole in it.
Very simplistic. I don't think BALPA will be paynig much heed to your expert analysis.