Snooky - we have to be careful we don't cut off our noses to spite our faces here. I'm sure this is merely step 1 in the grand BA plan to end FSS pensions for everyone, whichever branch of BA/BACX they represent. Its vital that all BA associated flight crew pull together to ensure that the unique nature of our career structure is recognised and access to NAPS remains available for us all. Scope is being thrashed out as in issue in itself.
Monty - not sure why fast jet equals no long haul, unless you don't have a full UK ATPL for some reason. The key problem with joining a long haul fleet as a DEP is that you will be at the bottom of the seniority list for the next 4 to 5 years, which means you will have virtually no control whatsoever over your life. Probably not a desirable situation for family types. Shorthaul does have a large element of stability, few roster changes, no real night flying and you'd probably make more cash and advance up the seniority list sooner. Only snag is that you're supposed to live within two hours of LHR and a DEP wage doesn't buy you very much in that radius. Right now I'm not looking to leave BA as I have the advantage of potentially long service on my side and I'm still in NAPS (though for how long I dont know). That said I think theres a lot to be said for Easyjet, including better salaries, shorter time to command, reasonably predictable roster (6 on, 3 off), the chance to make your money go further by working from an affordable base area, and the absence of orchestrated anti-flight crew attitudes within the company.