This thread clearly re-illustrates for many flight crew why working for BA is a bad idea if one discounts remuneration.
Ignoring pay this company has cabin crew who hate flight crew with management that hate them all. The front line all works to support a bloated management that manage very little for a lot of money. The unions frustrate any move to obviously required change.
Oh what a lovely company to spend 12 duty hours a day in. Not.
Never underestimate the value of going to work in a company where the manaement are nice enough and the cabin crew are a happy enthusiastic bunch. Add in an FO who likes working for the company and is keen for his readily obtainable Command and you have aeroplane heaven.
Turning to BA T&C's - well take a 25 year old BA FO who has just one fleet change to widebody and compare her to 25 year old starter in easyJet. Factor in the LHR vs LUT house price and over a career to 60 the person working for Stelios will be better off. Dissregarding the easyJet share scheme.
The BA pension is only a promise. It can be broken. The pension one can get personally cannot. The pay differential compensates.
BA is FUBAR'd for future SERIOUS recruitment unless they improve their T&C's.
Which I think they will do. Shortly.
PS