Does he not understand those crew earning £16,000pa - a fraction of Mr Walsh’s monthly salary - live month to month often struggling to make ends meet and in some cases going without meals?
I am loathed to get involved but I was on the lowest paid wage at BA (Cabin Crew wise) and I earned more than this per year. This pay may well apply to a part time wage but then it is part time - if you are struggling to survive then perhaps you shouldn't be on such a contract, other than that this sentence is purely BASSA drum beating.
Stall Pusher your comments are generally lifted directly from BASSA literature - why not try thinking for yourself?
Yes Pilot pay increments will be retained but it seems amazing to me that BASSA is peddling this as if pilots will still be better off after their pay cut.
A bit of basic maths for you BASSA if you have £100 paid per month and the company take away £50 permanently and then give you £100 permanently you have in effect received a pay rise of £50 as opposed to the £100 you were expecting. You are still worse off (markedly so over a long period of time). Add to that the decrease in flight pay and increase in productivity and you can see why this was an acceptable deal to WW.
I do not want to see CC T&C's decimated many of my friends and colleagues are still there, as they are in Flight Opps and other departments, however this BASSA ranting used to annoy me when I was a member and still annoys me now, I had thought the last elections at BASSA would have unveiled a breath of fresh air - not so unfortunately. Thankfully most Cabin Crew are intelligent well informed people and will, I hope, see the truth past all the gash. Changes can be made that wont hurt the pocket too much.
Best of luck to all involved, I sincerely mean that, a great airline with a great bunch of people I was proud to "fly the flag" and hope to again one day - hence my interest.