BA in court again – this time over pilot holiday pay
24.02.10
British Airways is due in court again today, this time to fight a union's attempt to change its policy on holiday pay for pilots. Pilots' union Balpa has taken its case to the Supreme Court, arguing that total pay - including allowances - must be used in holiday pay calculation, not just basic salary. BA is resisting the claim, which could result in 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 pilots' 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 those regulations do not apply to the airline industry, which is covered by the 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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