The real world...
Having just got back from a MAN - SSH - MAN operated under a L2 variation, I can't see how some (read militant few) CC from BA can justify their expense. At our airline their basic pay is possibly on par with your new starters, and THE ONLY additions they get are just over £2 an hour flight pay, and commission on sales if they reach a pre-determined target.
As FD before a L2 we have to have 34 hours rest, and then a complete day as rest. This just about allows you to operate the flight well, and recover to being a human being within 24 hours. CC don't get that "luxury" Do BA ask you to operate flights like this?
Miss M - would you like to comment on reporting at 11:30z for a 2 sector day, finally coming on blocks (so add at least another hour duty time onto the FD period) at 01:30z - a total time of over 15 hours - and earning just over £30.
No meal allowances
No allowances for speaking another language
No telephone allowances
No gold plated pension
No nice hotel to stay in
ST that is nowhere near the fantastic ST you get
No disruption allowances
Less duty pay than you get tax free (though BASSA could have stopped that but didn't)
No guaranteed 18 hours off
I have utmost respect for CC regardless of the company - it is a far harder job than most people think. But the reality is you do not deserve nor can you justify your payments in this day and age. Our CC work twice as hard as you, and get paid less than a third. You work it out.
There are thousands who will happily fill your place on NF conditions because they are market rate + 10%.
Miss M - do you have any idea what the market rate is for CC outside of BA?