Neo - as Pilot pete states, there were no compulsory redundancies at Britannia 10 years ago. In fact, any pilot who left voluntarily received redundancy cash up to 4 times the govt. recommended sum and many left with large cash sums to do other things. I worked for Brit for 23 years and still believe they are the best UK airline to work for - varied short/long haul, well managed with excellent pilot input to management, good salaries and a final salary pension scheme which increases at 5% per annum ( subject to retiring at 60 )
Frankly, I doubt if any airline in UK looks after its crews as well through the bad times ( and there were some of those ) and into the good times. all coupled with excellent training and engineering back-up.
Yes - there have been some pilot/ management disagreements over the years but the company always listened to the pilot group and arrived at mutually acceptable agreements.
Overall, if I had to do it all again, I wouldn't even consider anyone else - not even BA.
Last edited by willoman; 21st June 2003 at 04:09.