Welshboy,
I agree, I told her that as far as I was aware the bidding was the same as E/F and it was not that easy to bid to get days off after a particular trip, it's just not that kind of a system!
On E/F we only do short haul so the impact of only one day off after a block of seven days work is not as bad, yes we would be very tired but we don't have time changes to deal with like you.
I think at LGW, on the single fleet, they trigger 2 days off after each long haul trip because initially they had the same problem when SFG started but I just can't understand why BA have not learnt from their experience down there.
Thanks Smell the coffee.
I think you are right the money is a problem when trying to work and live in the most expensive part of the UK in particular. I don't think BA will have a problem attracting crew to the job but retaining crew at these low levels is hard.
I said to this Mixed Fleet Manager that I thought the salary was very low and she said 'but they will be taking home 18k when you add in their 2.40 ph' but I reminded her that you have to eat and drink using quite a bit of that 2.40 allowance so it can't really be included like that!!
Anyway hopefully it will improve for you all. I can see you are all very keen and I truly hope the job ends up being all that you want it to be.