You cannot trust Walsh. He moved the goalposts in the cabin crew dispute over the cost savings BASSA offered. I believe he will start BA Express anyway after he has got the deal he wants over the BMI takeover. And what would you do then? You would be done up like a kipper.
As for sharing information on the figures, when BALPA 'saw the books' (well, one set anyway) the reps were convinced that the airline was in a terminal downward financial spiral, until with perfect timing the volcano erupted and Walsh suddenly found £1bn in cash reserves and a secure line of credit up to £6bn. From 'fight for survival' to that in 8 months. Not bad going. Even in the EU they cannot match that for creative accounting.
Clearly shorthaul at LHR will not continue in its present form anyway. The extra APD on Club Europe tickets is killing that segment and will take a further hit in April. Walsh loves to start confusion and in-fighting. He managed to convince BA's pilots that the airline was in a "fight for survival" just becuase of cabin crew pay. Whilst cabin crew pay is much lower at LGW anyway, he leaves the pilots with their mainline wages, accomodation before and after flights, double nights for short longhaul sectors with a two man crew and so on.
Like the cabin crew, the BA flight crew are playing a defensive game against a hostile and agressive CEO. You are asking for nothing other than being left alone. There is no enthusiasm for the BMI takeover if it means this - an attack on your T&C's. As for the BMI guys, do you really want to be part of a dysfunctional airline that is racked with industrial relations problems, and be the catalyst of a pernicious downward spiral of pay and conditions at BA?
Last edited by Count Niemantznarr; 7th Jan 2012 at 13:45.