As I understand it, just about all the hold pool pilots are lined up for courses which will barely begin to address the current crew shortages. If more are needed, will enough be available who are in current flying practice? If not that spells a much greater training risk. Also in the slightly longer term, there may be a much reduced supply of ab-initio pilots, as flying training loans will be much more difficult to come by with the squeeze on credit.
The last news letter certainly appeared to harden attitudes against the management, and with several weeks of the consultation left, I hope it will have strengthened the support for BALPA.
As for the pension changes, as well as the previous comments, the proposed sharing was only going to be introduced next FY, with ALL savings this year being kept by the company!