email from unite
``Deadline Day Statement 09th March 2010.
17:00 hrs.
Intensive talks held under the auspices of the TUC have been on going since January and have covered the following areas.
• Cost savings target set by British Airways of £62 million p.a.
• Return of crew complements.
• A guarantee for current crew in respect of existing agreements, future/current routes and earnings.
• Ongoing commitment to ops and choice that includes right of transfer.
• Ongoing commitment for current crew to have access to promotion.
• Introduction of a new mixed flying fleet at LHR (New Fleet).
To reach a resolution that both sides would be happy with, agreement would need to be reached on all of the above items.
This has not happened.
Although the current dispute is over imposition, a potential solution has had to encompass a broader number of issues and thus the talks have also covered these other areas.
Unite has submitted what we strongly believe to be a comprehensive and detailed proposal covering all of the above.
At 16:10 today, British Airways asked for an extension of the agreed TUC deadline until 5:00pm tomorrow, Wednesday 10th March 2010. As a genuine gesture of goodwill and to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to reach a solution, we have on your behalf agreed to this extension.
However we must stress, it would appear that at this stage it is also increasingly unlikely that an agreement will be reached.``
Of course we will have to wait to see exactly what Unite proposed if they ever release their proposals.