I am afraid Wibblestime that the B of E will be rolling those QE printing presses for a long time to come, and the chances of U$2.20 to the Pound may not occur for a decade or more. Parity with the Dollar is more likely. How does that fit in with your budget?
You conveniently forget your own departments problems with regard to favoured trips when the hourly rate was introduced. I remember a BALPA rep having to promise the company the problem of sickness on the NRT route was being addressed. All of a sudden that became a very junior trip. So no lectures please about cabin crew attendance.
As for Mixed Fleet reducing IFCE costs, the fleet has just had a pay rise and they can potentially earn more than Gatwick based cabin crew. I suppose the turnover was just too high to sustain? Over 1,000 MF crew now belong to UNITE and with the Legacy Purser name change, it cannot be long before there is a full merger.
You know it makes sense.
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