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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.
FWIW I was on the fleet involved at the time, and yes there were lots of scare stories about work coverage.... Did this Rep tell you how he/she/BALPA intended to carry through on this "promise"?
FWIW I did plenty of NRTs after the allowances change and I certainly don't recall any tweaks being offered, e.g. a Destination Payment
, in order to make NRT more attractive. Whilst the trip did indeed "go junior" the names that turned up at briefing at LHR were normally those that had been "in the frame" at roster publication several weeks before report. I certainly didn't see any evidence of an attendance problem.