.... therefore you leave yourself open to 1000's of unfair dismissal claims.
Which,
if they occur, will take months or maybe even years to go through tribunals and/or courts. And during this time the potential respondents don't have the job or money to follow them up. BA, has both the the time and the money to drag the process out. And even if BA loses, it is a
relatively cheap way of getting rid of unwanted personnel ......
I must admit I find the number a bit high, but very recently spoke to a 747 person who seemed to think that as many as 22 (!) 747-400 hulls would be parked up before the forthcoming winter season was over! 22? Really as many as that? Or is he/she mixing up other fleet types in there as well?