The BA deficit is not a story of recent times, it dates back way before any financial crisis. The management has used this issue in the past to make a significant change in the T&C’s of the flight crews. They have done nothing to rectify the situation. Management is now going to use the current dire state to stuff the latest downward spiral in T&C’s on everyone. And as the Anglo-Saxon management model requires, they will make sure their T&C’s won’t be affected.