Litebulbs
You must clearly have your head buried in the Bassa sand still
.
Everyone is being effected by to downturn in revenue by the airline industry,
and general global townturn.
Simple buisness understanding:
More income than outgoings = profit
More outgoings than income = failed buisness.
I hope this helps to understand why now and not before changes are needed!
Yes some pilots have paid to work this is mainly as part of their personal investment to theirselves
to get a valid type rating on their new pilots licence and hence become more attractive
to a employer, like BA.
A pilot will not pay to fly forever, as he/she needs to start earning to pay back the £60000+ to get their licence.
Pilots are paid comenserate to the skills and responsiblity they have,as are all others in our industry,
I believe this is why drastic changes are expected in BA with CC contracts, and "tweeking" of others contracts to bring
ALL of BA in line with other airlines they call it "benchmarking".
For everone in our industry we have either already seen changes or will
have to change our working practices and/or our contracts/saleries.
Sadly the "golden days" have gone !!!!