Well thats one way of looking at it Big Nose, but then another way is to say thats 150 well paid pilots jobs up the swanney, to be replaced by 150 less well paid jobs. If they'd stayed in BA somebody would have to have to crew those aircraft, which may have hastened the BACE 146 pilots getting on the BA terms, or could have provided a better paid job for someone whose redundant right now. Furthermore the CFE guys are being forced off an aircraft they may not want to leave and will be faced with touring out of a remote base on a dying fleet. They'll need to undertake a conversion course, which means a costly two month break from flying allowances, and the Captains are likey to lost their commands as they lack the seniority to bid for a command on any other type. Hardly a laughing matter for those guys.
I'll second the above comments on BAR cabin crew. There are a few around who are a waste of space, and there some around on quite a bit of dosh who would be worth every penny of it and more on a long haul aircraft if the company would let them go. Most of the rest just smile and get on with it on a basic of £9K pa and 2-300 quid of allowances in a good month if they're lucky. I was struggling to live on that sort of cash 10 years ago!
Last edited by Hand Solo; 14th April 2002 at 22:43.