Do you think Duncan Holley is capable of absorbing the lesson that you don't smear and attack those who you may wish to cooperate with your plans?
The comments below are interesting in that its obvious that BALPA is not going to get involved in a fiasco of BASSA's making and also the tone of communication from the BALPA leadership is so much more professional than that of BASSA.
British Airways Plc’s cabin-crew union has asked pilots to stop undermining a two-year campaign over pay and staffing levels by volunteering as emergency flight attendants during strike action, according to the cockpit union.
Excerpts from a Bloomberg release:
Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has written to Jim McAuslan, his counterpart at the British Airline Pilots’ Association, to appeal for support, McAuslan said today in an interview in London. Some union officials have “lost the plot” over the dispute and Balpa plans to stay neutral, he said.
“We will not be encouraging our members to support the strike action, neither will we be chastising them for doing so or encouraging anyone to do the work of other staff,” he said, adding that were pilots to be consulted there would be “an overwhelming vote against supporting the cabin crew.....
McAuslan said he’s concerned that a rift is developing between flight attendant and pilots as Unite’s BASSA division, which represents cabin crew, holds out for a better deal from the airline after blocking a settlement in November.
“Unite is the prisoner of a branch that’s lost the plot a bit and cabin crew who have been badly led are frustrated,” he said. “But at the end of all of this flight and cabin crew need to work together. This is a safety critical industry...."
Quite a difference from Mr. Holley's missives about over-drinking and telling members who disagree with his stance to leave the Union.
Perhaps BASSA will eventually see a change in leadership that reflects more positively on its members.