This whole ''collective agreements'' and whether crewing levels form a part of this is definately a grey area. I personally just feel it is strange to ballot for strike action BEFORE the court hearing, what happens if we do strike, then in Feb BA and Unite go to court, BA are found to not be guilty of breaching or ''imposing'' any changes to our contract?? Will BA claim damages or raise the cost savings we have to make? ie. not only create new fleet but also change OUR terms and conditions?? Wouldn't it be better to ballot for a strike if Unite won the court case? Maybe I've missed something.
Also, the WW or EF scheduling agreement does not actually say about crewing levels.... The matrix for Eurofleet is re-issued for each season... but not part of the scheduling agreement. Bill Francis stated he believes some of it like pay, allowances, and hours are contractual, crewing levels are not.... definately one grey area.