Just as couple of questions regarding lifestyle at BA. First of all, are applications to change fleet decided by seniority and if so, does this make a fleet change after the minimum of 5 years on your starting type unlikely?
Secondly, it seems to be widely accepted that new First Officers work practically every weekend and have very little choice over their rosters, but I don't see how this can't be at least partly avoided. I think pilots get 4 weeks annual leave (?) Is there any minimum length of leave that can be taken at a time, or could you say use 10/15 days of leave to book off 5/6 weekends and a few special family occasions over the course of a year? If you did this and got lucky/bidded tactically you could surely get around 1 weekend a month off?