Minogue,
What a lot of people are failing to realise here is that over the next few years BA are going to lose a lot of well paid Captains.(Pay Point 20 and above). To compensate for this retirement F/O's will be promoted. Hypothetically let's say these would be Captain's enter on pay point 10, let's say the difference in basic between the retiree and new guy is £25K. Apparently BA are losing 200 pilot's a year due retirements so are actually saving £5m a year in salary costs. Can't afford it. I don't think so.