Well as BA pilots represent less than 13% of the companies total labour costs, are amongst the most long serving of all BA staff, are acknowledged as the most cost effective crew amongst all western inter-continental carriers and still earnless than Ryanair or Easyjet pilots then I think the time is right ot ask for a pay rise, especially as it will reflect the productivity increases in excess of 50% over recent years.
If the company want to save money then perhaps they should allow the flight crew to travel on the cabin crew transport, instead of allowing the MT drivers to demand we travel on a separate bus in order to increase the number of busses and drivers required. Perhaps that would produce a real saving, instead of telling the pilots that from now on they can only have 1.5 litres of drinking water on a long haul flight. If BA want to save money then its time to start picking on the expensive, wasteful areas of the company instead of the cost-effective and productive areas. We've delivered our side of the bargain and now we expect our remuneration to reflect that. IF the company loses cash then take it out of the managers bonusses, not my pocket.