How about this as food for thought....
I work for BA and operated a Bangkok flight recently. We left LHR 4 hours late due to a tech problem. The cabin crew all received whats called a 'Box 5' payment for the duty day. It turned out that the payment for maincrew was £530, that's just for it being a long day, and all of that delay was spent drinking coffee in the report centre, not on the aeroplane!
That £530 is just for that sector and doesn't include any allowances or any of the other 3 sectors on the trip. It beggars belief, you really have to make a stand, because crew at other airlines are way, way ahead of you in money and lifestyle.
Last edited by fruitbat; 27th Dec 2007 at 19:08.