interpreter,
May I dare to suggest that you tell others on the board what you genuinely believe will be the end result of strike action? Acceptance of BALPA requirements by the company? No public hostility? No loss of business in the long term to BA? No change to pilot Ts & Cs?
OK, I'll have a stab...
Personally, I don't think there will be a strike.
BA turn over, what, £30 million a day?
Whats the difference between the cost of a Mainline crew (i.e., one Cap & 1 FO) on, say, PP12, and an OS crew?
£30K?
Multiply that by 42 (on the basis that 6 a/c, crewed at 7 per a/c means they need 42 crews to fly the program) is £1.26 million PER YEAR.
Now lets put this in context.
BA's recent fine would, therefore, pay for the difference for 300 years of OS operation flown by mainline crew!
Conversely, what BA stand to loose in turnover for
one days strike, would pay for 24 years of operation of OS by Mainline crew!
Of course the analysis is simplistic but you get a feel for the figures involved.
Now, if WW had the intention of growing OS to 150 a/c, then the saving is still only ~£30 million i.e., one days turnover.
Crazy thing is BA pilots aren't even asking for parity of T&C's! However, the inclusion of OS pilots on the Mainline seniority list will essentially mean that the wage contribution of the total pilot workforce to the total cost base will be somewhere between what it would be if there was no inclusion of OS pilots on the seniority list and where it would be if Mainline pilots flew the OS program.
So I reckon, if there is no hidden agenda, BA ought to roll over right now because they're starting to look pretty unreasonable from where I am sitting.
As for public hostility, BAA have far more to answer for...they run the airports not BA.
Go on....shoot me down.
