This is not the place to discuss 'pilots' terms and conditions.
Suffice to say that the market demographics that dictate pay scales, structure etc. differ significantly from job to job. The expertise base differs and thus the remuneration scales. Ironically, in the current financial environment, BA pilots are very cheap compared to our European counterparts.
There is no new ideology from the LT, merely a new found willingness to push the changes through. As most of us have been in this position in the past where other departments make the savings and BASSA stamps and screams and refuses. In those cases the LT backed down and we, in the other departments, carried the weight of the continuation of the original T's & C's of the cabin crew.
I feel that the sheer spitefulness and intransigence of BASSA in refusing all negotiations and demanding all 'savings' back in 2 years, their patent unwillingness to accept the requirement to make savings, have alienated them in a way that has never previously occurred.
This is not just the feeling within the pilot community but, judging by the take up for 'back BA', from within all of the other communities who have accepted change over the past 9 months.