Just thought I'd throw something else into the ring ..............
BA pilots constitute 14% of the headcount but cost 18% of the wage bill (or similar figures to that). Every other department in BA has a larger headcount percentage compared to their wage bill percentage.
If BA's pilots are some badly off compared to industry, maybe you all get paid too much.
Anyway, in consolation, I believe that the frontline staff are THE most important to the bottom line because if they make a bad impression on the customer then the customer doesn't come back. There are far too many fuzzy touchy feely people in this company and we should get back to the business of shifting bodies and tonnage instead of hugging trees etc.
Time to duck I think.
