Whilst I do not want to see ANY one made redundant, I was wondering why some Pilots and Cabin Crew where not been made redundant while most other areas of the company are unfortunately being made so. Surely there must be an excess of both at present.
Farrari - Do you seriously expect logic to prevail here?
The fact that thousands of surplus non operational staff will be made redundant is a shame, but the business must prevail if the remaining staff are to enjoy secure employment.
That there are surplus pilots is irrelevant. Should the business choose to go down the irresponsible and short sighted path of making tech crew redundant, then it will be made to pay, either through huge redundancy payouts, or the debilitating cost of training and retraining in order of strict seniority.
The real tragedy here is that the pilot group are so myopic they cannot see that their intransigence in this financial crisis leads Senior Management with no choice BUT to look for other alternatives.
Imagine if there were no subsiduary businesses and ALL group pilots were on one straight line seniority list. Pilots alone could conceivably threaten the viability of the entire group. Now that would be an own GOAL.
This is a classic 'legacy' issue and one which senior management must resolve if the mainline business is to prosper in the long term.