BA Pilots Ponder BMI Proposal
BA are threatening to make BMI a stand alone operation if BA's pilots do not accept a host of productivity measures, plus giving up their Holiday Pay claim.
Captain Stephen Riley the Director of Flight Operations is using a carrot and stick approach. A promise of bonuses if they behave or it will be Open Skies at Heathrow. In his communication to BA's Flight Crew he stresses how it is only their extravagant pay that makes BA's shorthaul operation unprofitable. Or that is how it seems.
But with the Olympics looming, does Willy Walsh have enough leverage to push this through? Are BA's pilots going to roll over and take this whilst their peers at Iberia are currently engaged in industrial action over the creation of Iberia Express?