28 October 2009

BA cabin crew face losing Ã&#pound;5000 a year in allowances

British Airways crew could lose up to £5000 each a year as part of management plans to cap overseas allowances.

The carrier has long hoped to cut back on what is seen as a lucrative extra in the pay packets of 14,000 cabin crew.

The money is paid to remunerate staff while away from home and covers expenses such as food and laundry. Some long-haul crew can make up to £1000 a month in extra payments through the system.

BA now wants to create an annual bonus scheme and cap payments to £8000 a year for long-haul crew with short-haul crew getting a lower cap.

Dinah Hatch

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better to lose some allowance than job !!!

I don't think BA staff get it. BA is stuffed unless they dramatically reduce costs. A large chunk of the world, is effectively taking a pay cut right now, why not BA staff, especially if it might just save their jobs, but with this attitude, BA might soon be consigned to history & then who would want to employ ex BA staff who want to be paid too much & their attitude would be all wrong is they were getting equivalent pay & conditions somewhere else.

By Craig Mathews, Friday, October 30, 2009
Allowances

We also have to take into consideration that BA cabin crew - in particular those that started at the company post 1997 - rely heavily on the allowances they generate whilst at work. Knowing this from a personal experience having been BA cabin crew in the past, most cabin crew at BA who started after that date are on a basic annual salary of only 9-10,000 pounds per annum. Therefore they rely on these allowances to live. Of course, there are other external factors that determine how many allowances they can earn such as the current JAR Ops 900 hour rule which affects the number of trips an individual crew member can operate every month. Taking these factors into account, the amount cabin crew generate every month can potentially be inferior to the average salary in the workplace.

By John O'Brien, Wednesday, October 28, 2009