BA hints at job losses as revenue falls
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BA hints at job losses as revenue falls
British Airways has raised the possibility of significant job losses in the coming year and warned that its revenue will fall by 5 per cent.
The airline was updating shareholders on its outlook for the year and hinted that it may have to pay for job losses. The company has already cut the headcount in management by about 500 from 1,400 but these costs have been accounted for.
The airline has so far declined to speculate on whether jobs would also be lost from cabin crew and its operations division. BA is negotiating with trade unions to freeze the pay of its 45,000 staff.
In a statement BA said: "A similar operation result for 2009-10 to that forecast for 2008-09 has been targeted, before any severance costs in 2009-10."
The airline was updating shareholders on its outlook for the year and hinted that it may have to pay for job losses. The company has already cut the headcount in management by about 500 from 1,400 but these costs have been accounted for.
The airline has so far declined to speculate on whether jobs would also be lost from cabin crew and its operations division. BA is negotiating with trade unions to freeze the pay of its 45,000 staff.
In a statement BA said: "A similar operation result for 2009-10 to that forecast for 2008-09 has been targeted, before any severance costs in 2009-10."
Are we going to see allot of BA pilots flipping burgers?
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Ba has corporate fat in alot of areas!
Look at the 350 ish managers that left and nobody noticed.
Don't forget, apart from BA being a pension deficit with an airline attached, it is an airline. If you can't fly the planes you aren't going to make much revenue.
Look at the 350 ish managers that left and nobody noticed.
Don't forget, apart from BA being a pension deficit with an airline attached, it is an airline. If you can't fly the planes you aren't going to make much revenue.
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True, but the fact can't be ingnored that the company still has a bunch of 787 and A380 aircraft on order which, according to Willy, are fully financed and required.
Wonder who will be flying those if BA sack a bunch of pilots?
BA are not 'flush' at the moment with pilots and the 2-5% easing is giving flight ops a breathing space. Monthly flying for LH is still nudging legal max limits and SH isn't far behind.
However, odder things have happened, we will find out in the fullness of time.
Wonder who will be flying those if BA sack a bunch of pilots?
BA are not 'flush' at the moment with pilots and the 2-5% easing is giving flight ops a breathing space. Monthly flying for LH is still nudging legal max limits and SH isn't far behind.
However, odder things have happened, we will find out in the fullness of time.
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Ten does seem a tad excessive! Normally a gate team consists of 3 plus a dispatcher. Dunno what the others were doing. The staff walking around T5 doing nothing were probably going from one gate to another for their next job. There should be altogether fewer uniforms wandering around next year as the headcount in the terminals is set to decrease from 3000 to 1900!
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Also read somewhere, there is a freeze on the hiring of non essential staff. Oh really. Would that not be the norm for any efficient company in any event?
I think they mean up until now they have been taking on non essential employees. Rather alarming don't you think?
I think they mean up until now they have been taking on non essential employees. Rather alarming don't you think?
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Whilst impressed with T5 and with the flight and cabin crew, as always, I simply could not believe how many staff there were at the gate during boarding. I counted ten gate staff for a 767. Ten FFS!!
BA should be looking at efficiency (and rather large savings) in those areas before any flightcrew would be affected. No doubt BALPA will be saying exactly the same thing, with good reason.
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I fly for a no-frills airline so am quite used to things being done in supposedly efficient way.
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BA are interviewing for 'Regional Station Managers'... No joke (well it is) but at a time when management are being shed, the regions who are already top-heavy with numerous 'BA Duty Managers' are now, going to get a 'Station Manager' at each airport...
The GHA already provides sufficient coverage and manages the BA contract well, so why the need for yet more pen-pushing, thumb-twidling BA management?
With the threat of yet more jobs to go, how can Regional Station Managers, be justified. Only Willie can tell.
Please do!
The GHA already provides sufficient coverage and manages the BA contract well, so why the need for yet more pen-pushing, thumb-twidling BA management?
With the threat of yet more jobs to go, how can Regional Station Managers, be justified. Only Willie can tell.
Please do!
