BA to employ New cabin Crew on a lower wage

British Airways have launched a recruitment campaign to employ 1,250 new staff who are willing to be paid less than the existing Heathrow staff.
The new workers' salaries will depend on role and performance, but they will be similar to current Gatwick rates - which are lower than at Heathrow.
Insiders at the airline suggested this would be basic pay of £11,000 plus flight pay of £2.40 an hour.
A BA spokesman said the recruitment of lower-paid cabin crew, which comes as the Unite union prepares to ballot existing workers over future strike action, was needed to ensure the airline's long-term survival.
Alongside the changes they have already introduced, the recruitment of future cabin crew on more competitive terms and conditions is an essential part of reducing their costs
BA said it had been open with Unite over its plans to hire the new staff, and said the contracts of current cabin crew would not be affected - unless they wanted to join the new fleet.
In a prominent advert in the national press, the airline says it will offer training, performance-related rewards and "perhaps most importantly, an emphasis on empowerment" that will help staff succeed.
The recruitment drive follows Unite's announcement two days ago that it will hold a fresh strike ballot among its 12,000 cabin crew members unless there is a breakthrough to their deadlocked row with the airline by next Tuesday.
Voting will take a month, raising the threat of walkouts during the busy school summer holiday period in August.
Unite has already taken 22 days of strike action since March, costing the airline more than £150m.

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