Real shame seeing the vitriol spouted by some of you....
I do not understand how anyone closely related to the airline industry can be so blinkered to the truth...
Having flown for a low cost carrier for a good while I know exactly what it is like on the other side of the fence, and fyi wrt to pilots it's ALL the same!!!
I came to BA for reasons, one of them certainly ISN'T Pay.
Command was gained after 5 years in my LoCo, Pay was at least 30% better than the equivalent F/O in BA shorthaul.
I've taken a paycut for the first 15 years I spend in this company, I do 900hrs/year and have to live with the cr@p of London Heathrow. I get force drafted when I want to spend time with my family and have been asked to give back 25% of my pension.
However, this issue is NOT about T&C's. Bother to read the threads and listen to guys that are trying to educate you about what 'management' is trying to do here!!
I've worked hard to get where I am and in so doing I am proud to be working for BA.
I'm not ignorant of the real world out there, been there done it.
To say that BA pilots haven't evolved, grow up and smell the roses. Obviously not doing any research and getting on with shooting from the hip is making this industry a pile of SH1T.
As a complete moderate and someone that takes genuine interest in the Managerial aspects of flying, (Fwiw a degree study in management and law) I still arrive at the same position as 86% of my fellow pilots in BALPA.
This has got nothing do with a proper discussion or council with an independent body.
Unfortunately they won't reason, what do you want me to do? Just give in to management and let's all drive this profession down the drain? So that we can sit on this forum and finally agree that it's sh1t and a real shame it had to come to this?
Guys, have some foresight, it's what's needed in aviation anyway to deal with certain emergencies.