Just a reminder as to the title of this thread:
British Airways - CC Industrial Relations & Negotiations
All this is very relevant!
By looking at how one group are dealing with a near identical situation, you can learn a lot about your own situation.
Take the manpower surplus that will/has resulted from hulls being stood down. The pilot community can immediately see why this surplus has come about, and have been aware that it is on the way for nearly a year.
BALPA have kept the pilots fully informed, and there is a very good understanding amongst the community of why there is a problem, how big it is, how long it will last and the options we have for dealing with it. There is a whole section of the BALPA forum dedicated to it, with 16 different discussion threads, with reps explaining all the numbers and people suggesting different solutions, asking questions,
getting answers from reps and thinking around the problem.
Newsletters are published explaining the situation and the legal aspects, time frames and so on.
Reps are engaging with BA to find a mutually acceptable solution to the surplus, the pilot community is coming together to find a way to protect the jobs of the 100 or so in surplus so they don't find themselves on the dole, it may be we all take some unpaid leave, or we all go 97% part time for 97% pay, that will be decided by
consulting the members
Now, my point;
Those of you who are cabin crew, (not reps or foaming at the mouth militants), compare this to how you have been treated by BASSA? Do you feel like you have been properly informed? Do you know the legal ramifications? Do you understand precisely how the numbers of crew in surplus have come from? Have you been consulted as to whether you would like to collectively save people from the dole or just let BA CR them if it comes to that? Do you feel that your reps are engaging with BA as best they can before something is imposed? Do you trust them with your livelihood?
There is a large and growing number of crew that are slowly beginning to realise that they have badly let down. The "no no no/foot stomp/hissy fit" has worked very well in the past, there is no doubt, (unless you work(ed) at LGW/GLA/BHX or are on a new contract, in which case it didn't really work), but that method just isn't going to cut it this time.
It's time to tell BASSA to start listening to you, and stop trying to tell you what to think, you're not all sheep.
Good luck.