An airline has to slim down to survive.
Exactly, mate. So why hasn't BA reduced the headcount per airframe from 177 to something more realistic?
I used to think like you lot and was very militant years ago but soon learnt that they will always get pilots to do your job, make no mistake.
Probably explains the huge chip on your shoulder.
Then you will be victims of the oldest management trick in the book, divide and rule.
What the hell do you think we're trying to prevent? Or have you missed the entire Open Skies debate?