Almost all "Rumour" or "News" element of this thread has disappeared, drowned in the tidal wave created by resurrecting this ancient debate. It's one which we've had before many times on PPRuNe, most recently in the Cabin Crew Forum, the most likely destination for this thread at the moment. Although there's actually some good, structured argument going on here following the drift (vis. Flyblue's post above) can we try to discuss the differentials in roles and salaries elswhere on PPRuNe, if we must at all?
Please, let's try to keep this one on track; for once some journalist has stumbled upon a grain of truth and not succumbed to the easy answers and regurgitated press releases.
Refer back to the first post, apropos the allegedly over-inflated middle-management and non-frontline tiers in British Airways. Keep it going accordingly, or this thread will have to be moved off R and N, and the opportunity lost to address the real issue here.
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