Ploddin Along
lets face it ,if it were possible , BA would probably jump at the chance to get rid of all flight crew,and get a load of less experienced pilots at half the price.I am sure that there are many of pilots out there who would sell their mothers to get on BA paylist.Maybe its only because the current pilots stick together behind their union that they have not done this.
If ba tried to recruit new pilots on rediculosly low pay (even if there were hundreds who applied as there is apparently a derth of trained piolts out there at the moment),current flightcrew would be up in arms.