Hovis,
Having ahd a totally shambolic day last week due to lack of engineers at LHR we are all behind you. At first we were cross that our aircraft had stood all night with a none dispatchable item, but when we saw the looks of exhaustion on the engs' faces after a whole night trying to run round souping up aircraft long enough to get them to fly the next day, we really felt sorry for them.
BA pilots fully support BA engineers. We understand you are an essential part of the operation and that you are being shafted. (Please, Hovis, remember this when the pilots try to make their own lot a bit better later in the year.)