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Having read a little more, I can see that the figures quoted for BA salary is not base pay. However, some cabin crew are earning up to £800 allowances on top of a salary for having to travel to far flung locations.

It's not a bad package!
You're right it isn't bad at all, and one that many people would think twice about taking up as a career. As Hibbyradge says, depending on seniority/length of service/routes flown/over time etc. they can earn a pretty penny, which makes it all the more strange that they're happy to rock the boat. As I said before, I think Unite have been guilty of a good bit of misrepresentation to the staff prior to the ballot taking place.

They get to go to some great places, but pretty much the longest they're there is two nights (and even then it would be arriving late one night, staying there the next day and then an early start the next). They've also got places that they're escorted to and from the hotels and need to stay there for their stay because they're so dangerous to be in.

BA also got rid of Glasgow as a crew base round about the same as they punted the groundstaff, which means they're all now based out of London. So anyone that works for BA but lives up here has to pay for their own travel down to London in the first place.