Ahh Pinkaroo, welcome back with your 'insights'.
I won't rise to your bait as this thread has had enough creep to prevent it. Suffice to say that the comparison has been well made and argued on a vast variety of threads about CC and FC. They are NOT in any way shape or form the same jobs. A court Usher doesn't get or deserve the same conditions as the judge even though they both work in a courthouse.
BA FC have already been benchmarked and we are well aware of where we sit in the food chain. The pay scales represent the training, checking and investment made to be in that position . Our rosters are stable and quantifiable. All that is happening is that the company wish to do the same for the CC. The pain that has been absorbed over the past 5-6 years is coming as a one hit to the CC.
Personally, I would rather put up with slightly worse CC service than have a 250 hour wonder Captain flying the 747-400 (Think of the quick actions of the BA38 and the recent JNB and then you realise that FC are there for insurance when the proverbial hit the fan).
Your turn.
Why is it, when it has been proven that BA CC are being paid way over the current going rate for CC, as reflected by the savings amount required by the company, that the initial reaction of some members of BASSA is 'We CAN'T take a pay cut, it's not fair, we are all all right, everyone else must be over paid!'?
Grow up Pinkaroo.