dwshimoda
Good points well made!
Of course to BA pilots, there is ONLY BA & no other airline really matters...
... until they retire from BA at 55-60, get their index linked, final salary pensions, usually at least £70K/year & THEN decide to go & work for other airlines earning a salary, often more than if not as much as their pension income, thereby depriving some hard working, underpaid F/O a chance of advancement to the left seat, promotion & more money. But the ex-BA guys appeasement & willingness to accept inferior T's & C's in their 'new' airlines also erodes the T's & C's for everyone in that airline. How much money is ENOUGH for these 'pensioners'???
I know of 1 BA-retiree who was working for a Lo-Cost carrier here in the UK, who has had to leave working for the company because his combined pension & salary income exceeds the Governments' new £150K/50% Income Tax Band. My heart bleeds for him & if any BA'ers or ex-BA'ers out there are looking for sympathy, they'll find it between '!!!!!' & 'syphilis' in the Oxford English Dictionary.
As much as I despise Labour, after seeing the effect of a policy that's driving out the Snouted Ones, I'd be happy for the Government to drop the threshold to £100K/50%. Let's see how desperate, airlines are to recruit crews on decent T's & C's once the ex-BA 'Snouts in Troughs' Brigade decide it isn't worth it & hang up their wings for good.
BA'ers getting an extra £600/year & the cost of legally pursuing the claim through the courts & BALPA, I can't help thinking that those funds would be better spent pursuing injustices that help the many & not just the few.
