PC 767.
Why would BF leave any of us sitting at home on full pay and then employ more people also on full pay ( all be it lower) and be therefore paynig two sets of people.
This rubbish about starving us of work is, just that rubbish, put about by BASSA to scare gullible people to join in their war about imposition and CSD's working inflight.
Most crew are more than happy to work down and the only way BASSA could get you all out on strike was to scare you all.
Now you are all arguing over staff travel that you all would still have if BASSA had negotiated about everthing instead of holding a gun against BA in the form of strike threats and ultimately, actually, call a strike and cause you all to lose your staff travel.
Just take the deal, it is so good. BA get all their savings from New Fleet plus new crew compliments from us ( which we are already working to).
Plus just in case we do lose work which I am sure will not happen there is a guaranteed minimum. Believe it or not some crew will actually get more under this new scheme. Those on WW that get a bad month of trips will get toped up to the 2009/10 average and those on E/F that bid for the small there and backs will also find they get topped up to the average 2009/10 figure. Those of us that would have earned more than the average still will because now are allowances remain unchanged. In fact at first New Fleet dose not take any of World wides long Box routes. So on WW you will on average be doing more Box flights so you will also gain there.
Bill Francis dose not want to force any of us on to New Fleet. He wants a totally new fleet working to new rules and he does not want anyone like you working on it. He will make huge savings from future new crew. It will take years for New Fleet to grow, that is of course if you all accept the offer. If you don't, and you strike, new fleet will just get bigger faster because he will sack you and replace you with New Fleet crew faster.
The choice is yours. Please see sence and ask your union to accept this really good offer.
He is going to give back staff travel without seniority if you accept and I am sure eventually he may reinstate it completely over time. If you strike again you can be sure you will never get it back. Please all come to your senses. It is BASSA you should all be cross with because they have taken you all down a senseless path to losing your staff travel when they could have negotiated this from the start.