Tinytim the only coffin your building is your own I'm afraid if you cannot see how Scope will protect all of us, including you now and in the future. Without Scope, BALPA will be unable to have any power in ANY Negotiations of YOUR Pay/T&C's/job security because without Scope BALPA will be unable to prevent BA from going out and hiring "tiny-tito" from the Ukraine just because he will work for less than tinytim from the UK.
I do not want to fly "your aircraft" or "your routes"(which is a debatabe point in the first place) and neither do 99.9% of any other BA Pilot who have more than 2years in BA. Scope is attempting to keep scheduled BA services flown by BA Pilots(of which you are now apart of). To argue against this premise is a bit suicidal or misguided I think.
I am not trying to sell Scope to you like some used Car Salesman, I am trying to explain to you that if you intend to have any sort of successful career in BA(longer than 1-2years) and wish to arm BALPA with the TOOLs necessary to Protect your rights and Pay then Scope is without question. The arguement against Scope I'm afraid is very weak in this context and fortunately the majority of BA Pilots will realise this.
I have no wish to shoot petty comments back and forth. I am not telling you what you can/cannot fly or the terms to do so. I am telling you that if you want to be able to protect what you can/cannot fly, and the terms for the forseeable future, then you will support Scope. You are right about something, a simple vote will decide this matter and I have no doubt which way that vote will go, so your dramatic coffin will not be needed and will not be seen as a credible threat by any of the other more than 3200 BA Pilots.
The sooner you accept that you are now part of BA so anything that is good for BA Pilots is now good for you as well the better. Change your name to Bigtim from Big Airways and broaden your viewpoint to include the whole BA Pilot workforce and the whole of your BA career.
Last edited by airrage; 19th September 2002 at 20:25.