anotherthing,
I just read
some of your very long post...hopefully PPRuNe will quote it.
:
Where to start?
http://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/358...ml#post4960394
You mention that the proposed pay deal and other recent cost savings is to raise profits, but actually I don't think it's quite that straight forward. I think it's really to reduce the cost-base (ongoing cost of running the company) to please the regulator and the airlines come the CP3 agreement.
This has already been mentioned by a number of managers and also the result when assimilating the different pieces of information available, but the official line always seems to suggest it's to make a one-off cost saving. That deceit p'ss me off.
That said, I'm not yet convinced this is the appropriate way forward as the airlines will always be unhappy even if the service were free. Just look at some of the airline's comments provided to the CAA under the CP3 consultation.
The pay deal offered can't really be justified to my mind, particularly given all the concessions of recent and that most people I know, who were already working more than their salaried hours, are being forced to do so even further to given the recent redundancies. I don't know what the alternative will end up being (I suspect we'll end up being worse off), but it doesn't half seem like some people up-top are being two-faced. Considering how difficult the pension's discussions were claimed to be, this pay deal must surely be surmountable.
It would certainly be interesting working-to-rule...might reduce the stress, in the short-term at least.