Hand Solo, Slickster,
You really don't get it do you???
You CHOSE to enter an industry with pay, promotion, fleet opportunities etc. predicated on seniority. Let me say that again for the hard of understanding amongst you....it was YOUR CHOICE. Nobody held a gun to your head and said "you must fly for BA" or indeed any other airline at all for that matter. So all these selfish statements about T's & C's not being as lucrative as "Un" Easyjet shows you up for what you are, and your sort is not uncommon in the BA of today. Pity. Personally I earn less than a BA pilot, a lot less after factoring in the difference in flying hours, but that is not important to me, I fly because I get tremendous satisfaction from the job. You may feel the same, but then thats just not enough for you is it?? Why do BA pilots think they should be on the first row of the grid where pay and conditions are concerned? Many good airlines out there employing skilled and experienced crews, as good as BA pilots for sure, but they earn less. Why are you different? You will get what your company pay you, if you are unhappy i will repeat...DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! If BALPA don't have the motivation or the ability to improve your lot then thats just too bad isn't it? Let me say now that I am a great admirer of BA, they gave me my first break into the airline industry and was there 7 years, and my Dad flew for them for 30 years. I know that there is a chronic overstaffing with managers and paper shufflers in Waterworld (and indeed the Compost centre as well) but why do the pilots not lead by example? Instead you look more and more like arrogant, selfish, self serving grabbers...This is how a lot of others in the company see you, including Engineering, who have suffered very much longer and harder than you ever have. STOP LOOKING AT THE FEW ABOVE YOU, AND START LOOKING AT THE MANY BELOW........get some perspective, for *****sake.
Last edited by Jetdriver; 30th April 2002 at 20:25.