Hand,
Could have been SH posting as well at the time.
PS Jonerators. Love it!
All,
This is not about us sulking about not having all the flying jobs in OS. In all truth as BALPA have agreed to the lower T and Cs of OS most BA pilots (very fortuitously, I grant you) would take a net loss by moving to OS. This is about rewriting our scope agreement to take account of the latest legislation recently enacted. Indeed, the actual ballot is not about OS specifically in any single way. It is about ensuring that Schedule K (our scope agreement) is fit for purpose in the new regulatory environment.
The reason we want all OS pilots on the MSL is to ensure that, in the long run, we all enjoy the BA pay and conditions. In and of itself, it's of no interest to most of us to have the jobs in OS for ourselves. As and when we sort this fiasco out then the jobs in OS will still, I trust, be there, with the same bloody awful pay for FOs but, and this is a big but, with the future prospect of movement to BA mainline and the opportunities that offers.
I know it's a sheer delight to bash BA pilots but when we've won this battle everyone involved will be in a better position, both BA and OS pilots. Anyone who is hoping to indulge in a little schadenfreude really needs to think what, ultimately, seeing BA pilots destroyed will achieve in the long run for us all. I'd posit it will be just another step on the road to being the bus drivers that all airline management would wish to treat us as.