retired staff ba travel
You are lucky thats all youve got to worry about.
I took early retirement in my late 40's as a lot of my colleagues did at the time. We are now all in the position of not having more than 5 years left for staff travel under ST09 rules, which may not affect me so much but will affect my wife (who is quite a bit younger than me) and my children who often travel on Hotlines through my staff travel entitlement. When I joined BOAC we were told its staff travel for life for yourself and spouse ( if and when I kick the bucket) - not when Willie Walsh got at it though.
I would have thought that money from Staff Travel might be a welcome gift to BA considering their results. Its not as though we are taking pax seats as its sub load except the free one or 2 a year and thats debatable if there are fare payers wanting to get on!
Retirees in Australia and New Zealand are very affected by this dictate from management. Anyone who doesnt know about ABAP should join them they are possibly the only people that can helpm ex BA employees.