We should not be made to feel guilty by other departments about wanting a moderate pay increase. We'll still be far below other comparative airlines
All this talk of cabin crew screwing the airline if there is a strike is so unfair. BA are making good profits, increasing profits this year as well as investing hundreds of millions in T5, ordering new aircraft and paying their cabin crew an acceptable salary.
How are they making money? They operate from the same aiports, pay the same for fuel, have a shorthaul network that competes with LoCo's and are as effected by the same open skies and environmental issues as we are.
Its like Nero fiddling while Rome burns with our management. Their content to sit back with this "but we're Virgin" smugness while airlines all around us are passing us by. We used to innovate, push the boundaries, make an impact but in ever decreasing circles these days.
They have no regard for us at all imo. They have tried to split us with different pay offers and once the FSM's are onside lets get them to do our bidding seems to be the tactic.
One thing for certain we're amongst the lowest paid group of workers in the airline and management cant throw the financial wellbeing of the airline into my lap because most of us do our bit. THEY are not doing there jobs terribly well WHY should we be asked to sacrifice because of it!
Virgin needs to grow up. We're not a small airline partying for a week in Miami anymore. Treat your staff like adults!!
Last edited by In The Pink; 5th Nov 2007 at 18:47.