"The REDEPLOYMENT CLAUSE which means that BA at the time of its choosing can decide that the existing fleets are wound up and we are redeployed to NF(approx 11k main crew 23k supervisor plus hourly rate), to any other job in BA or out with 52 weeks notice.
Just can't see the company doing this, they have not done so before,and as Kabaka has pointed out they could have done it now(with pre97 crew)with the redeployment scheme as it exists today. The 1948 act does not offer any help to NAPS members, and its debatable that it holds any protection for APS members, something that maybe needed to be tested in court one day, just like staff travel
remember also that the new redeployment agreement will apply to
all areas of the company and not just cabin crew.
With the information that I have gleened over the last couple of days, I would be more fearful that the pension regulator takes action and closes the pension fund to future accrual in the coming months, than some vague assurance in an act passed over 60 years ago.
Are those BACKING BA ultimately BACKING THEIR OWN PENSIONS albeit inadvertently perhaps?"
not at all, those people BACKING BA probably made sure they had all the information available at the time from their respective pension trustees, have you spoken to, or written to yours to establish some facts, or are you basing it on what BASSA are telling you, remember their track record is not that good so far................
Anyway I was under illusion that this was about imposition
