Biddedout
I wish it was 'just' a trust issue. Management like to think it is but I think for the majority of us it has got other sides to the coin aswell.
With the predicament of the OpenSkies treaty comes the reality that the market will not be the same in 10/15years time. LHR won't be the Golden Runways (heavily regulated) for BA as it is now. Other financial centres of the world are making great strides in gaining importance. Our government is doing it's very best to scare businesess away and above all the green movement (albeit noble and in a sense just) is big in the UK.
Growth (real long term growth) might just have to come from different parts of Europe.
The outfit (OS) is BA and so the pilots should be too!
Agreements are made for that reason and verbal simply isn't good enough. We HAVE an agreement that regulates work, and its unfit for the new regulatory environment we currently face. Hence we seek the amendments to the famed Schedule K.
As you rightly point out, we are a non-militant workforce. Unfortunately in our and other companies we are often too laid back, and look at thinks through rose tinted spectacles and think it'll be okay.
If we don't fight for a sensible agreement now then it'll be too late.
As you well know we have offered to match the costbase BA seeks to make the setup a success. So from an investors point of view there are no reasons as to why you should be angry with us.
It's the very thing that baffles most of us!!
Most pilots tend to be pretty astute thinkers and ofcourse we won't seek to let a BA setup go bust. Remember it comes from OUR bottom line, and so will effect our bonuses (if we get one at all)
Best regards