The term manager when applied to BA is anyone that they have identified as not entitled to overtime. You work past your 37.5 hours for free on the promise of a fat bonus at year end (well July anyway). Aircraft maintenance supervisors are 'management grade', quality engineers, tech engineers etc etc - all managers. So it doesn't surprise me, that there are 1500 that have at some point, or are at the moment, in charge of a team (sometimes a team of one!) who have been offered the dosh to go. Life will go on, safety won't be compromised, we'll just do things differently and bin anything that doesn't add value.
Well I won't be, cos I'm off too!!!
