LGW diversion
Re the JNB - LGW diversion
The cabin crew agreements now allow the cabin crew to continue after a diversion up to scheme limits and industrial limits.
The crew could continue to LHR under industrial agreements which gives them 19hours 15 duty day.
On this occasion scheme was more limiting as less than three hours bunk rest was achieved.
However Scheme only covers to engines off on the last flying sector. As the FDP finished at LGW and the crew were due to transit by surface transport back to LHR the positioning part was not covered by scheme, the problem being with the crew and the unions and BA there is no reference as to when and how long the crew position for after a engines off in the agreements or in scheme. while this was only LGW - LHR this time, it would be unreasonable to expect crew to position for many hours after a long range duty, If the flight had diverted to Durban on the way to JNB, would it be reasonable for the crew to get on a bus back to JNB about a 5-6 hour journey ?
The view was taken that the crew could position back to LHR and still remain in hours under the industrial agreement of 19hours 15 mins. It was also treated as a long range diversion and regarded as one duty day.
This situation will be brought up at the regular meetings the unions have to sort out such anomalies with in our agreements that cause day to day conflict. ( surprised, well some of BA management and the unions have a fairly healthy relationship)
The two local nights is in our agreements ( didn't apply in this situation) probably needs to be looked at again,changes have been made but are has still made the long range diversion issue more complicated, Bassa offered to remove the double night but to date has not been taken up by BA, I guess this is part of the new disruption proposal.