You don't seem to understand that there will be a strike if BA recruit a single cabin crew on a a contract with different terms and conditions to the agreed ones now.
BA managment are not the brightest of the people in the world but they are not stupid and they know thay are playing with fire.
I understand all too well, eagle21.
BA engages an outside agency.
Said outside agency does the recruiting, IE: nothing to do with BA at the time.
Then, when necessary, this outside agency offers CC on a contractual monthly basis to BA.
An Air Atlanta recruitment type of operation.
BA CC would be very foolish to expect BA management to not try to trim expenses in every way possible.
CC wages are certainly ripe for this.
Having said this, BA management would also be well advised to look in their own area, in order to weed out un-needed ' middle management' personel.
Trim the fat there as well, as I suspect it is
long overdue.
Gotta start sometime, now is as good a time as any.