Old(er) people
Does anybody else share the opinion that all those pilots who are approaching age 55 or who are already past it (so to speak), and who had already made provisions to retire at age 55 should make way for the younger?
From an economic vantage point, these folks are costing BA a LOT of money on the top payscale (and wages form the highest expense in the business, exceeded only in recent times by fuel bills, I believe) when more junior captains could take their place. This in turn would create a marvellous ripple effect all the way through the company down to recruitment.
I appreciate that for many, their pension funds may have shrunk in very recent times. However I hold this as an argument that these folks shouldn't have been so greedy and should have retired when they originally expected. That is, of course, if their pensions have been affected at all.