should BA only hire in Captains already qualified and save the time on staff training we put into making first officers into commanders?
Wasn't this staff training cancelled to save money? Do we send Rod on a 'personal development' course? Personal development is for the underlings to improve themselves within the company, not for the top nobs to improve their future employment prospects.
You will probably find that there is lots of talk of militancy, but the reality is most of us have mortgages to pay etc and the cost of a strike is not to be undertaken lightly.
Some of us are faced with a stark choice: accept a month without paying the mortgage now, or face a career struggling to pay it. I'll happily forego a few days wages in order to avoid lying awake at night for the next few years worrying about the inevitable rise in interest rates. Or perhaps you haven't noticed the surge in house prices in the south east lately?
Who do you listen to, the guy who turns up once, knows nothing about how things work and makes an accidental pratt of themselves , or someone you have had a good working relationship with and who appears to know what they are talking about because you have seen them in action over a period?
For 'good' read 'cosy'. If the working relationship was so good then why does deep mistrust of CD exist? Do you genuinely believe that CD was bigger than BALPA, that had he been indisposed for whatever reason we couldn't get by with a deputy?
The ADC result reflected what people working with CD saw in him.
I'm sure it did, but the election result reflects what the electorate saw in CD. Frankly we're not that interested in behind-the-scenes manouvering, we're interested in what's in our pay packet, our job security and how much time off we have. CDs had ten years of mingling at the House of Lords, dining with MDs and helping out the Competition Commission, yet we're still earning less, working harder and watching flagged out aircraft in our airspace while UK flight crew are on the dole. Ten years of practicing without delivering is too long. I don't feel inclined to gamble on another five years of CD making it better. The time has come when most of our members want action, not promises. CD was no longer the man for the job.
Last edited by Hand Solo; 27th Jun 2002 at 00:36.