Joetom,
3/Pilots taking VS will get good T+C's, just like all the managers who took the deal before xmas 2008, other staff will be be getting IVS with legal min T+C's.
This made me chuckle. As the thorny subject of Voluntary Redundancy has been on the cards for some considerable time with respect to the top 500 seniority pilots the T's and C's associated have been set for the same period.
There was, indeed, a caveat attached to the application of VR which quite clearly stated that the conditions of VR were set and, if not taken, would never be as good again. You pays your money and takes your choice. You are complaining in a similar vein to someone who bought a television last year and then found it half price the next. Time is the motivator in this one.
Pilots still maintain their present deal inside pensions, as paying least in and getting most out.
Where did this little gem pop up from? This is about CC productivity but yet again we get mired into a 'but he's got more than I've got' playground argument. This has been explained many times before. Suffice to say that those who contribute less get less, simple truth rules of pension fund accumulation.
Hopefully the adult lead taken by BALPA will either galvanise BASSA into trying to achieve something similar for its membership or push them to the negotiating table to at least try and salvage some scraps from the mess they are in. The next week should be very interesting indeed.
Pinkaroo, I am deeply touched that you are so concerned over my personal position in this whole sorry mess. However, it is just that, my personal position, so stop digging.