Please stop going on about mixed fleet pay, it is low but remember it is on a par with or higher than other uk airlines.
If it's too low then people will leave, that is something that will get addressed once attrition rates and performance results are known.
The irony is that this dispute is not about mixed fleet PAY, it is about mixed fleet taking high earning trips that could impact on the already very high wages (granted, not all cases) of legacy crew.
legacy crew bleating about MF pay is just a diversion to make their cause look like it has a charitable purpose.
As as been stated many times before, if current crew want MF on better pay then they could easily fund it from efficiency improvements themselves.
They wont because they want every penny for themselves.
Current crew payments are out of control, especially with current european exchange rates, 3 day shorthaul tours can be worth over £500, look at a Narita or Singapore, £1000 in variable for a single trip is not far off what mixed fleet will get for a whole month!
Current crew costs are the reason for the birth of mixed fleet.
For what it's worth I was shocked at how low the new salaries are, I feel there will be much resentment when they discover the true disparity with their collegues working from the same base.
Mixed fleet is here, get over it, perhaps current crew could channel some of their energy into improvements to those conditions instead of selfishly trying to hang on to everything they have.
To any mixed fleet crew in waiting we are all very excited at your impending arrival and will welcome you with open arms, give it your best and hopefully it will be a career worth having.
God knows, BA needs some new blood and a change in attitude.