"Why"?????
It's fairly obvious I'm afraid. After the integration with BMI, and their bizarre system of RHS captains, (combined with the legislated SH slot giveaways) BA now have FAR too many Airbus skippers, and will have for some considerable time to come. Too many pilots in the wrong seat. Too few in another!
BA will not tolerate this situation for long. Even though nobody expects more than half a dozen takers at most for this initiative, it has at least 'ticked a box' before the less palatable, but necessary, remedies are inevitably rolled out.
The only remedy positively ruled out, is compulsory redundancies. Everything else is most definitely still on the table!
Last edited by 4468; 17th December 2012 at 23:38.