Anotherthing said it best...
Voting no is not saying we want the company to be re-nationalised, or that we think the pension scheme is fine if left alone - it's saying we do not necessarily believe that this solution - the only one that is being presented to us - is in our best interests and is the only viable one. Why should the employees (apart from senior management) take all the pain when the company posts increasing profits year after year??
A NO vote isn't a vote for industrial action like the Barron wants to say.
If we vote yes on this then kiss it all goodbye.
NSL will be gone in 3-5 years once the i's are crossed and the t's dotted.
Our leave will be next on the table for chopping - 3 more days at work each covers a lot of overtime / training for ifacts / OCT for PC whatever....
Pay deals will be RPI if we're lucky.
Once there is sufficient numbers in the new scheme then our new owners - cos the airline group will have cleared off by then with a healthy profit - will come back after the old scheme. Its still not working they'll cry. we have to do something. And will our colleagues in the new scheme support us???
So I'll be voting NO. If it means the BEC resign so be it. There are people here ready to step up if needs be.
If Barron wants to close it unilaterally then so be it. We'll deal with that if it happens. But I'm not going to make it easy for him.