Originally Posted by
Diplome
Interesting quotes Paddy.
BA does not seem to be giving messages that indicate that they are wishing to placate the militant BASSA adherents.
And there's the rub, Diplome. According to a post (#2788) on the 'other' forum there are some 5750 crew supporting BASSA. A few are diehard militants who have posted here that they would rather see BA go down than lose their T&Cs. The remainder, IMHO, prefer to trust BASSA rather than their employer and are going with the flow.
That situation indicates serious management problems for BA once this IA is all over. How to win back that trust? How was it lost in the first place? Those 5000+ crew aren't all dinosaurs, surely? So what makes a perfectly decent people-person, who no doubt whooped with joy on receiving their acceptance letter from BA, turn into one of the jeering, chanting mob seen on those videos?
We've read dozens of posts claiming BA management are liars, bullies and untrustworthy but not one shred of evidence to back up those accusations.
This tough management style may be foreign to those who were used to the 'softly, softly' approach of Mike Street and Joy Hordern but it ain't going away.
The only thing for it is to get rid of the people who don't want to work for their current employer.