Market Rate
There is a lot of envy an jealosy here in this thread and on this forum as you can see in the posts preceding mine.
BA crew have always been paid the Market Rate. The problem is the "market Rate" has been in a downward spiral for years. Crew on old contracts were paid the "Market Rate" in the 70's and 80's, crew joining since 1997 have been paid less on new contracts and have had little promotion opportunities. Since the late 90's the "Market Rate" has dropped again with the introduction of the SFG at Gatwick as an example.
The same downward pressure on salaries will also afflict Flight Crew and the £60,000 Captain is not far off in BA under Walsh. He knows what you are worth!
So in BA which does not have a high turnover of staff, there are still some people around from the era of old contracts and guess what, most of them are CSD's or Pursers.
As far as LondonMet (pilot giveaway pseudonym by the way), there are no CSD's sitting in "Offices" on 767's, 757's or the Airbuses. The CSD grade was brought in (as a CSO) by BOAC as it was recognised that with such a large aircraft as the 747, there had to be someone who was able to supervise all of the cabins. If BA want to write the CSD grade into the meal service, then that supervisory capacity will be lost. Currently CSD's write performance reports on Pursers, if they are tied to a certain part of the aircraft, this is no longer possible.
Last edited by Poof in Boots; 9th Jul 2009 at 13:31.