BA recruitment to recommence soon.

[Shadowpurser]

After reading this particular thread I feel the nee to put my 10 pence worth in. I am a Purser for B.A. at EOG to be EFG (Shorthaul LGW) and have been there for 4 1/2 years. My gilrfriend is an F.O. on the same fleet and has been for 2 years.. .I'd like to address some of the posts on this thread if I may.. .. .1. As far as anyone knows no recruitment at the moment. If there was I'm sure this is the first place you would hear about it. (seeing as this was the whole point of this thread to begin with!!). .. .2. The pursers sometimes are earning more than the F.O.'s but...... bear in mind these people have been around for a while (20 yrs + some of them) and are on older contracts that are long gone or have just worked their way up to get where they are (It takes a long time for crew too!!), so if you've got a brand new cadet and a long serving PSR or CSD then yup they probably will earn more. However I assure you this is not the case here at EFG - believe me I know!!!. .. .3. Everyone who works for any company (B.A. as well) takes part in a bit of company bashing from time to time - it's part of working for someone else - we all think we could do it better!!! However put us in charge and I'm sure we'd all be on the bread line quicker than you say "rotate". But at the end of the day we all work hard for and are proud of "the company" and do our part. There are certain elements who are anti-company, these are either soon up for retirement or when the option of leaving is suggested to them they scoff and say "no chance" because B.A. is as much of a "job for life" in the airline insustry as your ever going to get, and are quite happy to bed down in nice hotels and count the allowances.. .. .4.House prices in the south are higher and you may not be able to afford to that flat in Mayfair but 1 1/2 from LGW of LHR gives you a big scope for house hunting, and an F.O.'s salary will get you something pretty good if you've got a deposit. At the end of the day it's unlikely you'll ever lose your money at any rate!!. .. .5. Lastly from a cabin crew point of view B.A. is "still" the airline to aspire to. As to what things are like on the other side of the flight deck door(and from an objective point of view I probably know more than most cabin crew) it looks pretty good from here and you could certainly do a lot worse for a career and a employer. . .. .Just like to finish by saying that the golden days of B.A. are gone - the Bentleys are dwindling from the car park and are being replaced by BMWs (still not too shabby!!) - the next few years (give it 10!!) will I hope see a new airline emerging that is even better to work for and is the pride of the country and the envy of the world. The people who are still there for the money will have gone and left the rest of us happy workers to show the world what B.A. is and can be.. .. .Sorry to go on - hope to see you all in club soon!!!

[Harry Wragg]

Does this BA you mention exist in some parallel universe or what? I admire your optimism but the phrase you can't polish a turd springs to mind.. .. .Harry (visitor from the 5th dimension)