Interesting that a Unite rep should bring up this very pertinent point:
There was an imposed reduction in headcount of 1000 employees.
And Mealchucker you are absolutely right - it was all done voluntarily. So why are Unite so hung up about this?
Well - 1000 employees paying £10 per month (used to be £15) in subscription fees equates to
£10000 per month loss of subscription fees to BASSA/Unite.
Which equals £120000 per year loss for BASSA.
The crew complements are not detrimental to the cabin crew they are detrimental to Unite alone.
It looks very much like the cabin crew community have been sold down the river to line the pockets of Unite and its' reps. But as always happy to stand corrected on this if anyone can prove otherwise.
I am BA cabin crew and this is my viewpoint and not that of BA.