No-one will lose a penny in pay which is of prime importance and they will still get their time off at night stopping destinations and everything else they have enjoyed. Was it not Bassa that suggested a 2.6% reduction in pay or has that been conveniently forgotten by them?
Of course they've not forgotten. Bassa put forward an offer taking in to account all elements of the proposal put forward by BA and worked out how to minimise the impact on both existing and future crew.
The paycut/freeze deal proposed by Bassa meant that "new fleet" was not a requirement.
BA has now decided to press ahead with New Fleet which, unless assurances are made governing how work will be allocated, means existing crew could face losses of more than 2.6% when more financially rewarding trips to the Far East, for example, get moved across.
For a lot of crew the prospect of taking a 2.6% pay cut was far less daunting than what's now being implemented.