And on and on it goes...I've been with the airlines for over 25 years and still the same old whinge goes around and around. An airline exists for what? For pilots ,engineers cabin crew , ground staff etc- to practise their skills? NO --it exists to make money, period. If you can extract (as a group) a bigger share of that dosh for yourselves then "good luck". Your employer can obviously afford to pay it. The value of each group to the employer will be determined by both market forces and the resolve of that group to look after its own interests. Thats just the way it is. At BA ,however, they have to contend with some agreements that have lead to some groups not conforming to the above . Namely- SOME BA cabin crew groups. I don't give a hoot how much they EARN but there has to be something wrong in an airline when being cabin crew is aspirational to other more qualified groups.
Am I wronger than usual?