prosperity for BA means prosperity for us all.
Midman,
I'd hazard a guess that Cabin Crew don't see this as the case, because they are not told by their union that it is possible. The leaders of BASSA have personally benefited from the years of BA success, hence the packages they are on now, which are completely out of touch with their value to the company at present. They don't really need to improve them.
From my conversations with the PCC, they are not just out to keep their jobs, but want to negotiate with the company as to how to move forward in a changing industry and global trading environment. Things like share options (which I believe may have been on the BASSA table but were ignored) and bonuses for Cabin Crew when results merit them would and should be part of those discussions.
I am sure the shareholders would like to see an integrated, enthusiastic workforce who want to work together to achieve success for BA, and then get their share of the proceeds. But it does need to be negotiated to the satisfaction of both parties.
Socialists such as the UNITE leaders don't think in this way. They don't believe shareholders should have profits, therefore they just want their share whether they've earned it or not. They loathe management, they loathe rich people; for them it's the workers vs. the robber barons.
A few years ago my own company negotiated with its newly-formed employee union an annual bonus. This was negotiated to be dependent on a number of factors, including profitability obviously, but also required a reduction in the number of self-certified sick days and industrial accidents and injuries. Employees know that hard work is rewarded, and skiving and lack of attention to safety procedures could cost them, and as a result both have changed as they were intended. We have received 100% of the agreed bonus in every year since and the employees work with management on all fronts on a daily basis to achieve it.
I would love to see BASSA propose something like this. But their leaders have their heads where the sun doesn't shine, and they are looking after themselves, not the many thousands of cabin crew on significantly smaller packages who need much better, more proactive and more positive representation.
But we already know this. All we can do now is wait and see what the judge says, and how BASSA on the one hand, and the rest of the stakeholders in BA on the other, respond.
Good luck to all who wish the best for the airline and their fellow employees.
And to the ones that are only looking after themselves, well let's hope they get fired, because they are dragging everyone else down.