If you had command in easy/Ryr/jet2 would you leave for BA?
Well quite - I had been upgraded when I went along the second time, hoping I might sneak in before the end of NAPS, and when they said I couldn't, I lost interest. Even an Easy FO with moderate experience is not that far from command.
This is not a B scale anyway - (that was the DC pension) - Its a C scale, or even D scale if you consider APS. How many times will BALPA allow airlines to chip away the terms for the new generation; T&C changes should be shared equally; witness the the public sector workers who are negotiating without even the mention of throwing the burden on new recruits - result; DB pensions stay (but probably slightly modified for all).
This really is the lowest form of negotiation (albeit far from unusual in the airline industry - see CXs i-cadets for where this eventually leads). When the present incumbants retire (on very nice DB pensions), this is their legacy
