Seniority (Last in First Out)
Firstly, I am a member of BALPA and not anti-union in any way.
As has been discussed (to death) in another thread, bmibaby are currently facing reduncancies from just one of their bases. I do not intend this thread to become another bmibaby discussion.
The crux of the issue is that the comany is proposing not to use company seniroity to make those redundancies. The reason for this (the company states) is that LIFO (on it's own) is no longer legal.
As if to underline how complex this is about to become, Thomson are about to make 200 pilot redundancies ... however, the are all expected to be voluntary because the package being offered is so good. Why such a good package? Because Thomson (and TUI) do not want to be the first airline to approach pilot redendancies since the law changed.
My question is this:
If seniority is no longer the deciding factor for pilots within airlines, what will be, AND, will it spell the end of BALPA?