Kelly honey
I think your title thread was slightly sensationalist.
What happens is that over a 3 or 6 month period, the equivalent of 1 month's wages would be deducted. It is happening everywhere in the world and I seriously hope that employees of BA look further than their wallets on this occasion.
In the cabin crew thread, there was quite a lot of ridicule against BA staff when they already had the best T&Cs in the industry. the bottom line is the whole world really needs to work together. What is better? 1000 people made redundant or a workforce of 30'000 giving up a months wages? If the average salary of those 30'000 was £20K, then 30000 giving up a months wages makes £50m.
Its a shame that these type of incentives are never actively encouraged by UNIONS - even though the benefit is for everyone involved.