Betty Girl,
I've been on both LHR fleets, left flying then came back onto MF ... I love coming to work, I love interacting with pax and I enjoy working with our crew, as well as meeting my friends on other fleets from time to time.
I personally don't enjoy working in the office day in, day out and have always loved flying - therefore I see no reason to come here for a few years then leave to get a "proper job" whatever that may be.
Despite what some people may say, I think Cabin Crew have every right to demand a fair wage and to make a career out of their chosen job.
I don't think any of us at MF are demanding anything extravagant, just enough to live on - that means having a reasonable amount left after bills to put towards savings, or god forbid, to enjoy life a bit. I don't think that's unreasonable. All I'm saying is that £1,000 (in fact, I earned under that for November) is not really enough, and doesn't appear to be at the level BA had suggested in the past to us.
At the end of the day, money isn't everything but I don't think that paying your staff a pittance with the aim of pushing them out of flying within a certain time frame is the way forward. I think that's regressive thinking in some ways.