FURTHER TO THE ABOVE POST
There are at present approx. 900 cabin crew either stood down or on "gardening leave" and another 600 on careerlink, (For those not of BA, careerlink is a way of finding alternative work within the company when your job is redundant). They have been in this condition in some cases for over 2 years!!!
So why are 30 engineering staff at MAN being targeted with compulsory redundancy? They have only been stood down since April1st!