Well, long story short, it started with a long newsletter went out last night to BA BALPA members which started by saying:
As part of the agreement to secure the integration of bmi into BA, which BA members approved by ballot in January 2012, it was agreed that a
mechanism would be introduced to remove any future liability resulting
from a settlement to the BALPA Holiday Pay Claim.
Without going into too much detail about the subsequent text it appears that the "mechanism" being proposed by the Company Council Reps would have seen many individuals (but not all) taking a significant pay cut - which generated a just a tiny
bit of traffic on the BA BALPA Forum. Charlie Pop's choice of words is a bit extreme but he certainly gives you an fairly accurate idea of the thoughts being expressed by some "in that place"....it's the closest I've seen that site come to melt down in a long long time...........
Fortunately (IMHO of course) we heard a few minutes ago that it seems those involved in negotiations have appreciated the membership's concerns, have taken a step back and decided to reconsider the proposed mechanism.