Desertia - striking now is the only option as the company has already implemented the following without agreement:
1. One crew member will be removed from all Heathrow Worldwide 747 flights from 16th November 2009.
2. One purser will be removed from all Heathrow Worldwide 777 flights from 16th November 2009.
3. One crew member will also be removed from Long range 777 Worldwide routes from 16th November 2009.
4. An additional crew member will also be removed from specified high work load 747 and 777 routes from 16th November 2009. As per agreement reached post September 11th 2001.
5. All worldwide CSD’s will be instructed to carry out some of the duties of the removed crew member, in addition to and with no reduction of their already high workload. This is without any reference to the negotiated job description as defined in the CSD framework.
6. All remaining worldwide crewmembers will be instructed to carry out some of the duties of the removed purser and or main crew position, with no reduction of their already high workload.
7. Eurofleet crew compliments will be unilaterally reduced from 1st December 2009.
8. You are replacing one Purser position with a main crew member on the 777 aircraft at London Gatwick from 1st December 2009.
In addition;
9. You are imposing a two year freeze to base pay and allowances on all cabin crew.
10.You have imposed a 20% reduction in employee food subsidies at both Heathrow and Gatwick.
11.You are reducing transfer and promotion opportunities within all grades and bases within the established crew compliments.
12.You are ending working up payments
13.You are linking long and short haul sectors within the same duty between Gatwick/LCY and JFK via SNN– in breach of the Gatwick Fleet MOA.
14.You are ignoring the maximum planned duty period allowed by the Gatwick Fleet MOA, intentionally misinterpreting the same in order to facilitate the Maldives itinerary.
15.You are unilaterally removing the ability for crew to transfer between Gatwick Fleet and Heathrow Fleet presently available under the Ops and Choice Agreement ratified at NSP
16.You are refusing to recognise and failing to adhere to the IFC- Terms of Reference and other specific agreements. These agreements and terms of reference relate to product development, product changes and crewing levels onboard both long haul and short haul services from Heathrow and Gatwick.
17.You have re-imposed the concept of using part time cabin crew during their unavailable period, without agreement to cover flying duties. This contravenes the agreement reached with the trade unions in the dispute settlement document in 2006/7.
18.You have failed to honour the Dispute Settlement Document of 2006/7, in that there are a number of outstanding items that have not been implemented or addressed by British Airways.
There is then the threat of New Fleet and the 52 week rule that all current employees who are deemed surplus to requirements have 52 weeks to find another job within the airline.
Plus BA have this week openly acknowledged the fact that they are blatantly ignoring the agreed Opportunities & Choice agreement. This document has served, both BA and the crew community well over the years.
Which means that TOTAL EXCLUSION of LGW crew from any transfer under the current Opportunities and Choice Agreement.
■ Before transferring Pursers from Worldwide to Eurofleet the agreement states that existing Eurofleet Pursers should be given the opportunity to increase their contract type. This hasn't been done and BA have no intention of doing so.
■ If Pursers are being offered the chance to come to Eurofleet, that means there are Purser vacancies and therefore there is an agreement where those vacancies are filled via transfers and home team promotion i.e. Eurofleet main crew can apply for Purser on Eurofleet. BA are transferring 26 Pursers from Worldwide to Eurofleet and this should equal 78 opportunities for Eurofleet main crew to go for promotion to Purser. BA have ignored this agreement and will not be offering any main crew the opportunity to apply for Purser.
■ The ‘secondment’ of Worldwide PSR to CSD has NOT been agreed as there is NO such process.
■ Worldwide CSDs should have been offered the opportunity to increase their contract before any ‘other’ process was put in place. This hasn't been done and BA have no intention of doing so.
■ Despite the fact that some crew were unsuccessful in getting annual leave over Christmas, BA have granted unpaid leave for the whole of December. This decision is both unfair and will restrict the chances of you getting annual leave over Christmas and New Year.
■ BA advised us that there were no further plans to transfer main crew from Eurofleet to Worldwide and from Worldwide to Eurofleet for the foreseeable future.
Now after seeing all of the above - I'm sure you would agree that there is a fairly large dispute going on here!!!!
