Da Dog
Refreshing. An exit plan will be needed for the masses. Now, if the Boss Man was to put away his manhood a tad, a win win solution could be made.
BA LHR crew will not be on Virgin wages, nor should they be. BA are a four class service airline, Virgin are not. BASSA need an exit plan too. You will not smash a union in one year. It is not like the British coal or car industry. When did they ever make £1B profit? If 2000 jobs go, then there still will be 11000 very angry employees, if not next year, then definitely the year after, when the profit margins return to where they should be.
Its not the 900 hrs, its what you do with them. Get rid of peripheral payments and INCREASE wages. Believe me, crew will want to get straight home after disruption. If a light does not work in the rest area, then just snag it.