24.02.10
BA is due in court again today, this time to fight its pilot's union attempt to change its policy on holiday pay for pilots, which would also affect cabin crew pay. The pilots' union Balpa has launched a case to the Supreme Court, arguing that total pay - including allowances - should be used in holiday pay calculation, not just basic salary. BA is resisting the claim, which could result in around 15,000 staff - 3,000 pilots and 12,000 cabin crew - getting an average of £600 a year more.
Pilots receive a basic salary, plus allowances for flying time, night flying and time away from base. BA uses its basic salary to calculate ' holiday pay. The union argues it should be based on total pay, including allowances.
Balpa says that Working Time Regulations set out how holiday pay should be calculated - as an average of the last 12 weeks' pay. But the regulations do not apply to the airline industry, which is covered by seperate Civil Aviation Working Time Regulations. The union argues these do not specify how holiday pay should be calculated. It also has tribunals lodged against Virgin, BMI and easyJet over the same issue.
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