Why can British Airways not be completely open and frank?
Touchdown for Spring 2009 has a four-pages article described as "the main changes" which ST09 will mean. On the front page the article is billed as "everything you need to know ... about the new policy" and Clare Hatchwell (now described as Customer Relations and Staff Travel Manager) gushes that "one of the key challenges has been communicating the new policy to out 100,000-strong customer base to make sure people are aware of the changes." If this is what Ms Hatchwell regards as communicating the changes to 47,000 retired "customers" she is either deluded or incompetent.
Nowhere in the four pages is the change which has so raised the ire of so many pensioners - the imposition in retrospect of a limit on the period for which they are entitled to Staff Travel - mentioned at all. Actually that's not precisely true - there's a brief mention of LoS [Length of Service] in the section written by the unctuous Robert James in a self-serving piece devoted to the unelected Liaison Council but there's no explanation.
As the Working Group recorded in its Final Report, BA isn’t going to be allowed to forget this injustice - it will be referred to whenever the opportunity arises; for example, if Mr Walsh tries to enrol the support of pensioners for his Third Runway campaign again, he’ll find that this time our support will have a price.
Unlike the unelected Liaison Council which has completely given up any pretence at fighting for fair treatment of all pensioners - in their words "we can only accept that ST09 will be introduced" - the Staff Travel Watch, organised on behalf of all pensioners worldwide, is going to be a problem for BA that won’t go away.
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Blog or Forum - what's the difference?
Perhaps the most important difference is that whilst new topics can be initiated by any forum member, blog subjects are created by the blog owner - or people he chooses to invite to create posts.
On the other hand, commenting on blog posts is much easier.
All posts and comments are moderated; not to limit discussion or opinion but to keep the owner out of court! Anything published on the Internet is subject to the same laws as publication in a newspaper on TV or radio or even stuck on a noticeboard. Moderation of the blog is not a matter of editing what is written; posts and comments will either be published or they won't appear at all.
Some blogs allow comments to be made anonymously, but on this blog you have to identify yourself. Like its members, ABAP is only concerned with two things, BA Pensions and BA pensioners' staff travel, both topics which deserve serious even scathing comments. But if you're not prepared to identify yourself when writing down your views, perhaps you should reconsider what you want to say.
Initially this is the only post. So that people can comment on the main topics with which ABAP is concerned, I've created two blank postings, any aspect of which can be commented on at once.
And please note, only comments which properly and clearly identify the writer will be published.
Perhaps the most important difference is that whilst new topics can be initiated by any forum member, blog subjects are created by the blog owner - or people he chooses to invite to create posts.
On the other hand, commenting on blog posts is much easier.
All posts and comments are moderated; not to limit discussion or opinion but to keep the owner out of court! Anything published on the Internet is subject to the same laws as publication in a newspaper on TV or radio or even stuck on a noticeboard. Moderation of the blog is not a matter of editing what is written; posts and comments will either be published or they won't appear at all.
Some blogs allow comments to be made anonymously, but on this blog you have to identify yourself. Like its members, ABAP is only concerned with two things, BA Pensions and BA pensioners' staff travel, both topics which deserve serious even scathing comments. But if you're not prepared to identify yourself when writing down your views, perhaps you should reconsider what you want to say.
Initially this is the only post. So that people can comment on the main topics with which ABAP is concerned, I've created two blank postings, any aspect of which can be commented on at once.
And please note, only comments which properly and clearly identify the writer will be published.
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