Villan, I agree about jobs, but the timing was clearly carefully and cynically manipulated by BA in order to get people like you on the company's side. Otherwise, why not leave it until after Christmas to announce these huge pay cuts? I'll tell you why not - because they wanted The Villan and his ilk to start wailing about how unfair these horrible greedy-bastard BA employees are, and how lucky they are to have jobs.

We live in the Free Market. If someone is selling tomatoes, they will ask what they consider the best price for them and, if what they're offered is below what they're prepared to sell them for, they won't sell them, and no-one will force them to.
Why shouldn't people sell their time and labour on the same basis? What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

But I don't suppose we'll agree! Nothing new there! LOL!

All the best to you, Mrs. Villan and The Villanettes for Christmas, see you in the New Year (for Mary and Anahata probably, and deffo for Jez & TBP's!).   :-) :-)