Extract from our Chief Pilot
"The nub of the choice you face is a decision about maintaining control of your future. In the
coming weeks you will be given the opportunity to vote collectively on these proposals.
They represent hard changes to your agreements and you will be voting to accept the
package as a whole. If you believe these changes represent a fair and proportionate
response to making our business competitive, secure in the knowledge that we will have
significantly more capacity to grow our business, you should vote yes. If you do not accept
the case for change and choose to vote no, the shorthaul competitive challenge will remain
and both IAG and British Airways have made clear that under such circumstances, the
conditions would not be met for IAG to approve the merger of the bmi business into British
Airways. While this scenario would avoid accepting the change proposals, it would come at
a significant cost in terms of denying British Airways pilots the confidence of owning their
own growth within a career structure they recognize and benefit from"
Extract from BALPA
Will a YES vote guarantee integration of BMI into BA Mainline?
Should IAG go ahead with the purchase, after regulatory approval, we have a very clear
undertaking from BA CEO Keith Williams that a vote in favour of this package will ensure
integration into. BA Pilots are the only specific work group being consulted on the changes. All other directorates in BA have accepted that they will either meet the cost targets IAG has
approved as part of a proposed integration, or they will lose out on the new BMI work. The
company has indicated to us that all ground handling and engineering functions could be
carried out by third party contract as necessary. BMI cabin crew may or may not be integrated
into Mixed Fleet, but at any rate unit costs will not be permitted to rise above BMI levels.