The champagne corks will be popping in Madrid tonight! Willie has called the BA pilots bluff and they have rolled over. It is nothing short of a capitulation. The only winners are the senior pilots who will continue to keep their snouts in the trough. The two ringers and recent DEP's have been shafted.
There is nothing now to stop BA Express coming along when BA's "Fred the Shred" decides to make further cuts. This is a gross miscalculation by BA's pilots to put their trust in Willie. He will cut and cut again.
The final humiliation is that the pilots are going to part fund the BMI takeover themselves, through productivity and giving up after a six year legal battle, money owed by BA over their average holiday pay claim.
Game set and match to Willie.
Last edited by Count Niemantznarr; 1st Feb 2012 at 04:36.