BA makes fresh offer to cabin crew

BA said the offer included two changes which were intended to address cabin crew concerns about their future earnings.

The airline said a new top-up payment was being offered to guarantee that existing crew would not lose out on route allowances when newly-recruited crew begin flying in the autumn.

A proposal to increase staffing levels on some flights, funded by a reduction in crew allowances, has been withdrawn.

The offer also includes two years of guaranteed rises in basic salary from February 2011 in addition to annual increment pay increases.

BA said the new top-up payment meant all crew would receive a guaranteed minimum amount of variable pay, irrespective of the routes they fly.