Reargunner
I have never heard such a suggestion from ANY pilot. The chairman of the BA section of BALPA has refuted the whole suggestion strongly and also complained to miss lala herself.
I believe very strongly that WW has been a man of his word throughout this long running debacle. He stated categorically on numerous occasions that strikers would lose their ST for ever!
Sorry if it offends, but I did my bit to keep BA solvent and I EXPECT WW to keep his word and ensure that strikers do not get ST back. This is not from a position of being vindictive, but I believe that it would send out the completely wrong message to those of us who volunteered to keep OUR company going - including numerous members of unite – if he went back on his word and ‘rewarded the very people who were happy to put the rest of us on the dole.
I am sorry if some of my colleagues have upset those of a gentle disposition who were willing to see me and my family out of work and losing all that I have worked for. I believe that these comments will have been said in jest – poor taste – but jest none the less.
The ONLY people that seem to think pilots have contempt for cabin crew are these vindictive, lying trouble-makers who have been doing their best to stir up trouble for many, many years. The vast majority of pilots hold cabin crew in very good regard. The vast majority of cabin crew are a delight to fly with and also to socialise with. However, the rotten apples are indeed rotten and are intent on trying to blame everybody else – except the lying leaders of bassa. Flight crew are an easy target for these people because if enough people say something is true, then people will gradually believe it is – even if it is a total pack of lies.
You talk about BA sacking crew as if that is their aim. BA is certainly not my first employer, but it is certainly the best employer that I have worked for. The suspended crew will be given a fair hearing, but some of the incidents that they are alleged to have been involved in require sacking as the final sanction.
Brainwashing – that would be the bassa complaint of passing on verifiable information rather than so many of the outright lies peddled from bassaland.
On the subject of telling numerous lies – your man duncan just cannot stop. There are numerous pilots clamouring for BALPA to take a much more robust line against his poison.