Fuji-san
Just my opinion , but it may help........
I don't see anything new in the JR letter , but maybe I'm being thick as usual . Company seniority always has been the dominant factor in these situations , as per my previous posts ( have you looked through this thread from the beginning ? ) .
A previous post by me ( page 1 ) lists all the "natural" and voluntary retirements/voluntary redundancies that I've worked out are maybe coming up , and these could avoid any/many enforced redundancies . In addition , my GUESS is that if there are any enforced redundancies , then they are going to have to offer you baby due to lack of demand . Don't see much of a loss if you try to hang onto your Airbus job for now and see what happens , but you obviously need to decide for yourself -- I'm just supplying my opinion in case it helps . ( I've learnt a lot since this thread started , but it still boils down to our own decision in the end ) . The big benefit of PPRUNE is that we can pool opinion , so what does everyone else think ?
A letter from BALPA says ( I sincerely hope they don't mind me quoting them -- its in a good cause ) "If you're junior and redundancies are back on the cards then by not bidding for bmibaby at this stage won't necessarily preclude eligibility for it at a later stage . " You'll have to ask BALPA what exactly they mean , just to be sure . If you're not in BALPA then I can only give my opinion again-- JOIN , NOW , if only for the next few months -- it won't hurt much and it could be vital to you .
The promising thing , I think , is that RH has stated that he wants to avoid compulsory redundancies , and that he will try to mitigate the effects of the changes , and I for one believe that sentiment to be true .
Hope you're still awake to have read this far --- I've rambled on a bit -- sorry !