BA and Project Columbus III

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As a European, not employed by BA, reading this thread often makes me go
A few questions..........

• How many different fleets are there in BA & what does ´fleet´mean in this context?
• How many different type of aircraft SEP qualifications are held by an FA?
• Does BA cabin crew get a fixed salary at the end of the month, or are you paid per flight/sector/hour?
• Do you get overtime and/or extra pay for working on holidays? (or for any other reasons?)
• Does it matter for your pay if you report before a certain hour? Or clock off after a certain hour?
• How many local nights do you get in places like NRT & LAX, how many days off do these flights generate?
• Does everybody work full-time, or do you have the option to have a fixed part-time contract so you can combine work & family yet still have pension and health care?
• How many pax per FA in tourist class, and how many Pursers on how many FAs on the 747? same question for what I believe you call Club (business?) class?
• Do you get an allowance for down route living expenses, and if so, is this based on the prices at individual slip stations or a blanket sum? Is it paid out separately or included in your wages?
• Can you request specific flights and/or dates off, and how big a chance do you have of actually getting them if you do?

Any answers would be very much appreciated!

Hailed a BA CSD at the pool in Kampala on sunday and had a natter with her, comparing wages and time off.
While BA rules appear vastly more complicated than what we work with, in the end we concluded that she earned a bit more than I did, and had a bit less time off.
So I am again left wondering what all this immense internal BA fuss and animosity is about?

Please somebody, anybody, enlighten me?