HZ123 - the cost will not go up , as the Terms and Conditions will be the same for a BA pilot as they are for a GSS pilot.
There seems to be too much self interest on what is good for the pilot community and I get the impression from the thread that whether any monies are made on this op are irrelevant. It is the profit that enables you to enjoy a very priviledged occupation with excellant conditions far exceeding those that work ffor GSS and most of the rest of us in BA.
Isn't this a Professional Pilots Rumour Network? - probably why pilots appear to be self interested on the site.
Very priviledge occupation . . . you haven't got a clue. You're comments are not constructive, do not form rumour, and are not news - so why contribute? Probably the green eyed monster syndrome at BA which see's every community trying to erode the t's & c's of every other community, and only resulting what is currently a very depressing place to work. I have respect for my colleagues in different departments, now please accept that we are part of a team, and show us some mutual respect. My ATPL didn't come in the post with 200 nectar points, it took a great deal of time, effort and expense to earn.
I'm sure all the nurses in the NHS bitch about doctors priviledges, legal clerks and court recorders about solicitors, soldiers about their officers, I could go on. This GSS scope deal is about protecting industry terms and conditions, as someone quite rightly said, we should be aiming to get the GSS crews up to our level, with our t's & c's and on our seniority list.
There is no reason why pax drivers in the UK should be any better renumerated than freight drivers. Fedex clearly illustrates that.
To those of you at GSS - we do see it from your point of view - please try and see it from our's too.