Originally Posted by
Litebulbs
As we were discussing yesterday, does that mean that you see BASSA as the representatives, the members, or the ideology of cabin crew within BA?
Despite positioning themselves as the voice of BA cabin crew and as their representatives, I, and I think many others see Bassa as a separate entity from the cabin crew themselves. The reps seem to dislike the company, their colleagues, their management and the job itself, whilst gaining status, cedibility, respect and satisfaction from acting as union reps. As such they all of a sudden have day to day control over the operation as managers come to them for decisions, they can write their own rosters, fly high earning trips, and at the same time pursue a political agenda that suits their attitude.
In the comms they issue, they offer little explanation of rationale or factual background to the decisions they take on behalf of cabin crew, and as is seen on their forums are institutionally averse to questioning or criticism.
In short, they don't reflect the views of their membership, they are a cabale of politically motivated self promoters.