Originally Posted by 52049er
Just one final word about the 'volunteers' - dong forget that a pilot whose trip was cancelled as a result of the strike would lose their allowances of maybe £300.
Given as that quite a few FO's on long haul will take home less in a month than the 3 most senior Cabin Crew on their cancelled flight AND have training debts of £50k+, I don't really think getting those allowances for acting in a CC role is too beyond the pale, do you?
Regardless, they're not volunteers. That's the only point I was trying to make. CABIN CREW are true volunteers when they work on the ground during disruption. They get no pay and they get no expenses. They are, as far as I'm aware, the ONLY employee group who don't enjoy any benefit of helping the company out in times like that.