SlideBustle - I can't see anything wrong with thinking of going over to New Fleet and accept promotion - especially if you are crew on the new contract. If New Fleet IS the future in the company - why should you stay on mainline?
Mid Fleet was a good fleet but it didn't work efficiently because BASSA had too much of influence of what destinations they were "allowed" to fly to - basically because they wanted WW and EF to keep the best destinations. A Lurker said he used to fly to SEA - definitely a popular destination at WW - not!
When crew say BA couldn't deal with a 3rd fleet at LHR - tell them it was BASSA's fault - not BA's.
Promotion on existing fleets won't happen in the near future - single supervisory on EF and removal of PSR's on WW says it all. Think about WHEN they will be promoting crew on mainline - there really haven't been any promotions on WW for decades - think about all the crew who were recruited in 1997 onto WW - most of them are still working in CW and WT - no wonder so many are dismotivated about their work.