I cant believe this garbage from some of the BACE guys, i know for a fact its not the majority because i have spent several pleasant evenings down route with many of you. Many in CFE thought BA pilots were underworked and overpaid. Not a bit of it, we are substantially more efficient now than we were, get more days off sure, but i compared last august roster with this and i did 30% more flying, 20% more duty hours and 2 more days off. In fact i was very close to the monthly duty limit. My pay is 15% higher than last year, so pound per hour i'm cheaper now than i was a year ago. Thats efficient. I'm sick of people spouting off about things they know nothing about. Thats from BA as well as BACE.
The inefficient bit of BA is Management, Ground services and Cabin Services, if this brings the company down, BACE crews will have the same lack of jobs that BA crews will. Its your management too and we should at least pull in the same direction.
I thought the reasonable solution was that BA pilots have the right to fly the RJ's, and BACE pilots opting to go onto it join the BA seniority list and get T+C's on converting to a mainline type. Doesnt cost BA anything, those at BACE, and there will be plenty, who want to get into BA can join the RJ. Those that dont can carry on flying the Embraer etc for ever. I dont see any losers there. The franchise issue is a nightmare and i personally dont think i have any right to jump into a GB command etc.
And another thing...... Stop talking about pompous BA pilots, its not a disease, from what i've seen in the last 6 months the BA crowd are the same as the rest of us. Sure there are pompous a****, but they are in every company, and most of them post on here. But there is no more or less in BA than there was in CFE and no doubt BACE. Its just a big company so they make more noise. Just dont start me on pompous cabin crew.