Originally Posted by Olympus593
Everyone is an expert on BASSA policy and have nothing to do with the internal politics of IFS, and indeed the cabin crew community.
Thanks for the support.
It was a different story when the pension issue arose.
"WE have to stand together on this one". Well we did. Where did it get the cabin crew? Nowhere and now you have the gaul to applaud WW for wanting to slash our take home???
We (BASSA) supported BALPA on the OS plan knowing the "possible" effect on the FD community and the "possible" knock on effects for the cabin crew.
No-one is saying things have to change. They must. Start by taking the lounge budget, the ground staff budget from IN-FLIGHT services and a truer cost will emerge.
Olympus,
It's highly commendable that "we stood together" when it came to the pensions dispute and OS. Now, if only we'd all "stood together" a little while before that. Around the time that BA were trying out all their cost cutting ideas on the BA Lab Rats, otherwise known as LGW. Maybe if we had had some support back then, we wouldn't all be in the uncertain situation of today!
Unfortunately, not all but definitely a large majority at LHR didn't give a damn about what was happening down the road. After all, it was only LGW and LGW wasn't even really mainline...was it? Those crew were so shortsighted and arrogant that they never thought it could happen at the Golden Runways. Well guess what? They discovered it could work and now it looks like it's coming to an airport near you soon!
Please don't insult us by spouting on about how you've all stood by everyone else, because it's absolute rubbish and you know it!
As for your comment about starting with cutbacks to the ground staff in IFS, I think you'll find they have. Very recently, in fact. Such a short memory!
newbagr,
Oh, that's very constructive and I'm sure will make a world of difference to the plans of the management!
Jsl