Recruitment
Don't hold your breath.
Last summer there was an announcement that lessons had been learnt regarding the introduction of the A330, and how inadequate crewing levels lead to the cancelling of flights etc.. So for the introduction of the 789, we were going to to get ahead of the game and recruit an additional 60 pilots. This lead to much wagging of tails on the seniority list as it would also translate to new commands.
Well another few months down the line, "They have a cunning plan", now we only need 10 additional commands to cover the guys dropping out of the roster system while they do preemptive 777 courses. So no new 60 guys.......
But the good news, that despite losing 2 million a week all pilots will be complying with uniform standards and wearing coordinated lanyards.
On a lighter note, pay talks have reopened and the companies opening gambit was 'How much of a pay cut are the pilots prepared to accept?'. No BALPA representative was available to comment due to deep throating commitments....