Amazing isn't it, reading through the posts posted by BA crew, some members of BASSA or at least were until BASSA messed it all up again.
This is a Union that is so out of touch with its membership. The BASSA reps, you know the ones, those who sit at the top of the tree on the LH, high paying, part timer trips. Those who back slapped the 'sacked' allocator who 'apparently' seemed to always allocate the same high paying trips to the same crews and then gets hailed a hero by the BASSA front line.
They have no body parts left to throw to the wolves, all external bases are gone or already rationlised. They are experiencing an attack on the core body of BASSA, something that could threaten their elevated position and they will do anything to protect themselves. They aren't interested in the affect on junior crew of the imposition of new fleet. They are concerned that New Fleet will remove their ludicrously high paying cushy routes that they hold so dear. The ones that no one else can get on because the dinosaurs at the top of BASSA seem to get them all of the time. They aren't interested in rationalising the pay system as an average out will see the top end losing money! Can't have that can we now! Before anyone cries foul and 'they are rewarding experience'. The FC have already gone through this process and the fleets are much more relaxed as a result. It takes away the destination payment lottery and replaces it with 'where would I like to see this time'.
This Union is totally out of control. IA for New Fleet? What ballot again? It cannot be done as a previous poster pointed out it is all rolled up by BA into the one, current imposition.
Time for change and time those milking the system and the junior crew to move aside. The world, economics, demographics and time have passed you by.
Can you change the Union? Of course. You can force a ballot of no confidence in the leadership team if BASSA lose the court action and end up paying all of your Union contributions to BA as a direct result of ineffectual action. BASSA love votes of no confidence, I wonder if they would like that one?