So are you saying cabin crew should be exempted from all cost saving measures? Lets look at who's changed their work practices in BA in the last 5 years:
Terminal staff: major reforms to work practices prior and post T5.
GTS drivers: Major reforms prior T5 and outsourcing of some work to 3rd party operators:
Ramp staff: New work practices and removal of old T4/T1 procedures.
TRMs: New work practices for T5.
Pilots: Switch to hourly rate prior T5, major reform to work practices last year and ongoing.
Managers: one third of all senior managers axed. A further 400+ given severance on 31st Dec 08. Junior managers required to reapply for their own jobs.
Customer Service: Jobs cut, call centres closed and relocated to Newcastle.
Everyones been chipping in so you can hardly say they are only coming after cabin crew for savings. It's not crew salaries that cripple the BA operation, it's their rigid inflexibility. It's that inflexibility which means we fly empty jumbos back from Singapore stranding our passengers when BKK airport was occupied. It's that which means we can't make more money by putting a 777 on the Moscow route because the crew won't do a there and back without 2 days off. It's that which means we have to cancel flights every time there's disruption on the East coast of the US because BASSA won't let flights leave LHR one crew member down. The idea of 'just saying no for once' is ludicrous as thats been BASSAs stock answer for the last decade.