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Old 3rd Apr 2008, 09:53
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T5 Chaos deliberate?

Has anyone given the thought that the T5 chaos may have been deliberate? Let me throw you a few thoughts.....

Last year I believe the 'engineered' cabin crew dispute which suddenly dissolved without any ground given anywhere, after the pension changes had been 'managed' through the organisation.

Look at it this way the cabin crew threatened dispute cost BA an estimated £40 million. The £2.1 billion pension swindle was exercised during the smoke screen and fuss over the cabin crew distraction. Typical standard IR technique. The pain was certainly worth the gain...

Hence, could it just be possible the fiasco at T5 was brought about as a distraction/smoke screen pulling the wool over employees eyes? Use it as a way of pushing through radical changes to the terms and conditions of employees? Or is there something we are missing, something we can't see yet?

Are the BA management that stupid they could get it so badly wrong? Is the pain worth the gain, a calculated risk?

Discuss...........