BA had a record profit of over £900m in 2007 - 08 and in June that year oil peaked at U$154 a barrel.
Whilst the fuel hedging department was using pre-hedged fuel at approx $70USD a barrel for fiscal year 2007-8. The effects of the 154USD per barrel were to be felt the following year as hedging costs were pushed sky high by speculators. Perhaps if you had bothered to take part in the financial analysis you would have understood that.
BASSA offered to reduce the crew complement by one, with the CSD taking the role of Premium Purser
No you didn't. You argued, squirmed and cajoled to the point where two Union reps had a fist fight in the car park. You failed to meet any negotiating deadline, thinking big bad BASSA was too above making deadlines (sound familiar Count?) and then threw your toys out of the cot when BA imposed the change.
Legacy Fleet has actually grown with the assimilation of BMI cabin crew
Most likely due to the age demographic and an unwillingness to work too long. They can enjoy the dwindling routes and make more money. Who wouldn't vote for that?
Legacy Crew have a future minimum pay guarantee.
But with a hard won BASSA dwindling future. Not real figures but £20000 per annum for 10 years is better than £30000 per annum for 3!
but when the AVOD breaks down as it does virtually every sector, it doesn't get fixed as quickly as before.
AVOD hasn't broken down for many many many trips on the 777 that I've flown. Also, during the court cases for the 'excessive work' caused by the removal of 1 crew member AVOD was continually used as an excuse for the CSD not to take part in the service. That excuse went out of the window when BA produced the computer records of just how little the AVOD actually fails.
Can't be bothered with the rest as there is too much thread creep already.
giving 15 commands away on the 767 fleet has not disadvantaged BA F/O's. Can someone explain that to me please, as many F/O's do not understand it either.
There have been a couple of people who have questioned 767 course cancellation but these have been cancelled prior to any decision being made as a normal Cassandra run. Certainly nothing unusual there. Also there have been questions about transfers from those in the BA system who are frozen who feel they would be disadvantaged. However it has been pointed out that if unfrozen pilots from BMI moved across before them when they are unfrozen they will join ahead in terms of seniority and therefore route choice.
Initial type freeze has always been carried by BA. If ZFT qualified DEP's arrive on the 744 or 777 then are the guys on the Airbus 'disadvantaged' by type freeze? Not really. We are just seeing quite a few ZFT qualified DEP's joining in a bunch.
Overall, no one gets disadvantaged.
Any more rubbish to spout Count?