Dear Moderator. There have been a lot of attacks here on BASSA.
The 757's were going anyway to OpenSkies.....but now they are not.
There are eight 744's being 'rested'.
It is strange that BALPA have looked into BA's books and decided on a pay cut for its members, when the following should have been considered:
1. Why has British Airways been mis-managed to a degree that Willie Walsh and the Board have turned a profit before tax of £922m in 2008, into a loss before tax of £401m this year - a staggering difference of £1,323m!
2. Half of this amount appears to be the cost of fines levied on the company by the regulatory authorities over criminal actions, for participating in illegal fuel surcharge and cargo cartels.
3. Doesn't a company the size of British Airways deserve a Chairman that is prepared to devote his full attention to the matter of running the company successfully, rather than leaving it in the hands of someone who only works part-time in the job?
It seems that if the pilots are happy to reward incompetence on such a grand scale by donating part of their salaries away, it necessarily follows that perhaps this was not an intelligent thing to do.