Vino Collapso
I assume there is a legal minimum number of CC per number of passengers, or cabin size. In times of recession anything above that minimum number must be seen as a luxury (or would be in any other industry). Where do the current and future proposed BA staffing levels sit in that equation?
I can only answer for Eurofleet flights but the new crewing levels start at the legal minimum e.g. 3 on an A319 for 128 customers. 4 on an A320 for 152 customers.
These crew numbers increase proportionate to the amount of required work in an expected flight time. Club pax get more service so it needs more crew as the Club load goes up or the flight time goes down. So on a 45 minute flight to CDG there's about 25 minutes service time. Multiply that by the number of crew, say four, divide again by the number of pax and thats how much service each customer gets. So on a fictitious CDG (a full A320) an average pax get 4 x 25= 100 minutes divided by 152 - about 0.6 of a minute each. But Club pax really need at least double that each, so the amount of time left for Euro traveller has to be reduced proportionately or the amount of crew increased.
Is any of this making sense?
You can see why we are not amused if anyone has a heart attack on the CDG!! There just isnt time! Only joking but it does demonstrate how tight the margins are.