I see the unfounded and untrue rumour about the BA funded pilot's black tie ball is now gathering pace on CF. This is the kind of stuff that a responsible union would put to bed but it seems it suits some in the community to allow divisive lies to fester within that community in order to stoke up ill feeling.
For anyone from CF that cares, we had a few leaving drinks with the guys on the 9th Sep at the Sipson Holiday Inn. The food and subsidised beers were paid for by the guys who are leaving and the hotel offered a discount. No input whatsoever from BA, apart from a couple of managers who kindly bought some beers for individuals out of their own pockets. At the end of the day, I can assure anyone who thinks we've got a cosy relationship with BA that is unique only to the pilot work group, it's the same for all of us. All expenditure in BA, pretty much down to an individual pen has to be passed by BA centre at the moment, they just ain't going to pay for a central london hotel bash for us. And BALPA would much rather any money available for that sort of thing was used to sort out our deficits.
Still, why let the truth get in the way of a good "crewmour"? (lovely word, well chosen for the chap on CF who used it).