British Airways to cut 1,700 cabin crew positions

inspector_monkfish

18:37 06Oct09 - British Airways to cut 1,700 cabin crew positions


LONDON, Oct 6 - British Airways said on Tuesday it would cut the equivalent of 1,700 staff in the United Kingdom and was planning a two-year freeze on basic pay for cabin crew.

As part of the changes, the loss-making airline said that from November it would change the way it rostered airborne staff, flying airplanes with one fewer cabin crew member but still above minimum safety limits.
It said it had consulted with staff on the moves and was not altering anything that required negotiation.

But a union source said the roster alteration was in effect a change to staff contracts, adding the move could bring industrial action nearer.

The airline said it had made its announcement after failing to reach an agreement with unions representing 14,000 cabin crew in spite of nine months of talks.

It said 1,000 cabin crew had volunteered for redundancy and a further 3,000 had opted to switch to part-time working, in a reduction equivalent to the loss of 1,700 positions.

"Without changes, we will lose more money with every month that passes. It is essential we make ourselves more efficient if we are to ensure our long-term survival," the airline added.

bootman

I have just googled BA pilots salary and one BA guy said he earn't
£261,937.73 a year + bonuses which he said were another £20K a month!!

These people's pay is just outrageous, Never mind cutting the crew what about the overpaid pilots.

Really2

inspector_monkfish wrote: »

18:37 06Oct09 - British Airways to cut 1,700 cabin crew positions

Fake tan industry and make-up industy collapses.
(sorry to any who have lost their job )

lostinrates

I've been smewhat interested in this partly because of ''social stuff'' and it does fascinate me how extensive the reduced flights, not for employees but for past employees are.

Mr_Matey

I'd much rather £200k go to a pilot than a chief exec. A lot of expensive training hours go into becoming one, and the work hours can be tough.

Credit where it's due, now land the plane safely please.

bootman

Someone posted on another thread a few weeks back that it's so automated it's no harder than driving a bus and most of the time in the air was spent reading the paper! I think we would all like £200K for that.

damanpunk

bootman wrote: »

Someone posted on another thread a few weeks back that it's so automated it's no harder than driving a bus and most of the time in the air was spent reading the paper! I think we would all like £200K for that.

If its so easy then why not do it yourself?

Mr_Matey

damanpunk wrote: »

If its so easy then why not do it yourself?

Exactly!

I know 2 blokes who tried to become commercial pilots. It's a tough training programme. If you don't get sponsored it's very expensive to get the flight hours required, and you're not guaranteed a job once you've got them. Many people do a lot of "small time" piloting jobs before cracking into commercial. Oh and you've got to be quite smart.

At the end of the day would you want your bus driver performing an emergency landing or someone like C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/17/hudson.plane.crash/index.html

Ron2256

Mr_Matey wrote: »

Exactly!

I know 2 blokes who tried to become commercial pilots. It's a tough training programme. If you don't get sponsored it's very expensive to get the flight hours required, and you're not guaranteed a job once you've got them. Many people do a lot of "small time" piloting jobs before cracking into commercial. Oh and you've got to be quite smart.

At the end of the day would you want your bus driver performing an emergency landing or someone like C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/17/hudson.plane.crash/index.html

Commercial pilot is not an easy job. But 200K+per year is an unbelievable amount of money. Are you saying a pilot should earn twice has much as a GP or 10 times as much as a nurse?
Do you also think that they should earn more than the PM?

Treadmill

I could do that, all you've gotta do is steer it straight, and land. I could do that... gizza job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvTXRdLtz5w

Treadmill

Ron2256 wrote: »

Commercial pilot is not an easy job. But 200K+per year is an unbelievable amount of money. Are you saying a pilot should earn twice has much as a GP or 10 times as much as a nurse?
Do you also think that they should earn more than the PM?

If the skills they have to offer command the salary then yes, if they where not worth it then they would not get that salary.