Rumour has it some ex Flight engineers are on £80K + allowances working as cabin crew.
Great rumour! Some ex-Flight Engineers remain with BA in several operational roles including as pilots, although not as cabin crew. Their salary was frozen at the point at which their role ended and they have not continued up the incremental FE pay structure. Where they have taken on a position which has a lower pay grade, their final FE basic pay was retained. Clearly no allowances were payable. Where they joined a different scale (such as pilot), their pay was fixed at their final FE grade until the equivalent pilot grade exceeded it.
Obviously there were no directly equivalent positions for them to be moved to (other than pilot, which would require expensive re-training) so I don't consider it unfair that they continue to receive an element of their original package. Not sure any were on £80k + allowances in the first place. Even if there were, they would all have retired long ago.
Not sure how any of the above is related to the Columbus debate though? The cabin crew role is not ending. It's just proposed to alter some terms and conditions.
