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Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Sep 2020, 13:25
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Balpa can dress it up however they like but the...

Balpa can dress it up however they like but the fact is that it ceased to be LIFO the moment you had pilots with a weeks service to the company remain whilst more senior pilots walked the plank....
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Sep 2020, 09:59
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Which would leave close to 80% of the Airbus...

Which would leave close to 80% of the Airbus First Officers redundant. Given how BA protected the 787 & A350 fleets due to a perceived inability to lose any pilots off the fleet and run the schedule...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 20:10
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

You misunderstood. I’m just saying that they’ve...

You misunderstood. I’m just saying that they’ve not received the protections of LIFO in the MOA that listening to Balpa would have you believe have been upheld as part of the deal. There are several...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 18:40
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

With that I wholeheartedly agree. LIFO applies...

With that I wholeheartedly agree. LIFO applies unless you’re a 787 or A350 pilot (you don’t need to have even started the training) or you’ve been a pilot
for a subsidiary airline or you’re an FO on...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 18:08
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Devil’s advocate here (and vested interest) but...

Devil’s advocate here (and vested interest) but because Gatwick and Heathrow were split into different fleets you were going to end up with more senior pilots getting shafted either way. The Gatwick...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Aug 2020, 20:09
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

And that’s going to last forever, is it? Well...

And that’s going to last forever, is it? Well might as well call in the receivers now then if that’s the case.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Aug 2020, 19:57
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Jesus enough with the doom and gloom. Add to...

Jesus enough with the doom and gloom. Add to those figures the 200 out the door via VR, over 100 retiring in the next 12-18 months and PT measures taken at the outset of the crisis. BA will have rid...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Aug 2020, 08:28
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

787 and A350, yes. Classed as high efficiency...

787 and A350, yes. Classed as high efficiency employees and pulled out of the line of fire because BA claimed they couldn’t fly the current schedule without them. Except some of those “high...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Aug 2020, 07:25
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

No personally I wouldn’t actually because we were...

No personally I wouldn’t actually because we were told from day one ad infinitum that BA is a seniority driven airline but now you’re suggesting that pilots flying the same aircraft should be ordered...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Aug 2020, 18:32
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

We all fly the same aircraft just from a...

We all fly the same aircraft just from a different runway. I’ve heard on the grapevine that the only reason Balpa split the A320 fleet was because there are 60-70 LGW P1s above 2981 on the MSL (the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Aug 2020, 12:49
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

GS-Alpha As far as we know the A380s are...

GS-Alpha

As far as we know the A380s are coming back. Not all immediately but nowhere near 100 A380 FOs will have to move, 777 won’t be in surplus in the RHS after all the redundancies. There’s a...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Aug 2020, 12:41
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

How many C32L vacancies do you reckon there’ll...

How many C32L vacancies do you reckon there’ll be? I would wager close to none.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Aug 2020, 10:01
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

This is the drum I’ve been banging on their...

This is the drum I’ve been banging on their behalf on the Balpa forums; Gatwick pilots have been completely screwed over by not treating the Airbus fleet as one list. As soon as this is over and I...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Jul 2020, 11:54
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

FlipFlapFlop except it’s not really a matter of...

FlipFlapFlop except it’s not really a matter of opinion, is it? Yes liquidation of the company in a worst case scenario (maybe I should have written that) but everything else is fact open to very...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Jul 2020, 11:34
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

I’m definitely one of those for temporary rather...

I’m definitely one of those for temporary rather than permanent but the immediate problem is becoming more and more severe. COVID cases in the US are skyrocketing and that market won’t be open any...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Jul 2020, 11:00
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

I agree on the whole it’s about the best we could...

I agree on the whole it’s about the best we could have hoped for. But it’s soured by the A350/787 issue. Balpa wanted to avoid a “fleet lottery” well they’ve got one now for sure, just a different...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Jul 2020, 00:56
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Experience = Basically Length of Service in BA so...

Experience = Basically Length of Service in BA so LIFO. However 787 and A350 pilots are exempt from CR. 450 surplus pilots includes 100 on the A350/787 that BA are going to absorb the cost of due...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Jul 2020, 18:50
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

yes because they were decidedly uncompetitive...

yes because they were decidedly uncompetitive before Covid-19 with their £2Billion profits :rolleyes:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Jun 2020, 16:37
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

The debate about LIFO is getting boring. It’s...

The debate about LIFO is getting boring. It’s been done to death. One thing to remember; Balpa are pressing ahead with LIFO+ (if we believe the newsletters) so you can be pretty damn sure they’ve had...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Jun 2020, 16:25
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Not only that but can anyone legitimately make a...

Not only that but can anyone legitimately make a case for fleet as being contractual? It’s mentioned nowhere in my employment contract and, I would imagine, that of every other pilot in BA.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jun 2020, 15:10
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Sorry I really should proofread before posting!

Sorry I really should proofread before posting!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jun 2020, 15:05
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

3Greens, the Whatsapp rumours originally...

3Greens, the Whatsapp rumours originally suggested that the Gatwick pilots were going to be stood down on 50% pay. The Sun article suggests they’re all going to be laid off. Either way that has...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jun 2020, 14:01
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

But there’s only 75 Gatwick P2s in the bottom 350...

But there’s only 75 Gatwick P2s in the bottom 350 of the MSL. How does that tie in with the report that most of the 350 redundant people will be Gatwick “cockpit crew”? So either Balpa haven’t...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jun 2020, 13:17
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

There’s actually quite a disturbing message for...

There’s actually quite a disturbing message for Balpa members reading between the lines of that article if it’s accurate (which admittedly is a big if). “Pilot Union Balpa negotiators succeeded in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Jun 2020, 19:52
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

This has to strengthen our hand, surely? It...

This has to strengthen our hand, surely? It creates precedent for IAG. However, as someone has pointed out on the Balpa forums, stand by to be fed all the usual excuses from the BACC why this can’t...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Jun 2020, 17:38
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Cruz is clearly rattled at the tide of public...

Cruz is clearly rattled at the tide of public opinion shifting against them and the threat of LHR slots being taken away from them (even though it’s almost certainly an empty threat). He probably...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th May 2020, 09:39
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Although that’s clearly what most of us would...

Although that’s clearly what most of us would like to see, the issue for the Company is that it’s not quite as black and white as that as the Manpower Equivalent (MPE) might be reduced by 25% but...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th May 2020, 08:34
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

The Zoom meeting didn’t really tell us anything....

The Zoom meeting didn’t really tell us anything. It was a wish list for Balpa effectively just as BA have theirs, who’s more likely to get what they want? It’s a fact that it’s the position made...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th May 2020, 23:21
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

There’s legal difficulties around making someone...

There’s legal difficulties around making someone redundant (an FO) and then immediately parachuting someone else (a Captain) into their seat. Flybe knew this in 2013. I suspect that’s one of the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th May 2020, 22:06
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

The fact is that Balpa haven’t even yet addressed...

The fact is that Balpa haven’t even yet addressed whether BA will be allowed to get away with splitting the number evenly between Captains and FOs. If BALPA are even remotely interested in protecting...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th May 2020, 21:48
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

if the FC in that post stands for Flight Crew I...

if the FC in that post stands for Flight Crew I can assure you that absolutely nobody has the faintest idea at the moment who the unlucky ones will be.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th May 2020, 00:07
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

My argument is that nothing is fair about...

My argument is that nothing is fair about redundancy but that LIFO is as transparent as it gets. Simple as that.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th May 2020, 23:32
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

I’ve been at the wrong end of LIFO before, so...

I’ve been at the wrong end of LIFO before, so have many other people. Now these same people are being told it should be names out of a hat instead? Utter cobblers I’m afraid. Everyone joined BA...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th May 2020, 12:29
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

The issue for Balpa here (with such large...

The issue for Balpa here (with such large potential numbers involved) is that pressing on with trying to maintain pure LIFO from the bottom of the MSL will not deliver the required savings for BA...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th May 2020, 19:11
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,538
Posted By RexBanner

Nostradamus come back to life has he? Mystic Meg?...

Nostradamus come back to life has he? Mystic Meg?

Seriously though the more you get to know these people the more you realise they’re just as clueless as the rest of us. Nobody has the faintest...
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