Is "last in, first out" a fair policy on redundancy?
LIFO is supported by BALPA for many reasons including retaining pilot experience having significant safety benefits. It is more likely that an employment tribunal will support a LIFO based redundancy policy that has strong industrial support/agreement.
What about the new co-jo with massive loan repayments (due to the fact that employers won't pay for IRs anymore) and no other hope of finding a job because of his low hours.
What about the person who has worked most of his career in aviation, has a mortgage, car and/or other loans, plus a wife and kids at school or university to support and is only a few years away from retirement? Would they think it fair that they are made redundant when they see someone who has only been in the company 5 minutes and keeps their job?
I don't like the thought of anyone being made redundant, but there has to be someone. Better that a company keeps staff with experience than get rid of them.
Is it fair? Well, there is no fair way to make staff redundant. There are criteria which are agreed by the Company and the Union and that is what should be stuck to.
Last edited by TTFD; 24th Mar 2009 at 17:18.