In message , at 11:20:17 on Tue, 4 Apr 2017,
tim... remarked:
The ongoing training programme, training of new guards, and as you
suggest the employment of new on-train staff at a different grade,
despite not "demoting" the grandfathered-in existing guards.

That's what BA did when it hired in new starters (on lower salaries) to
work new routes from LGW.

and look what happens

a couple of years later they go on strike because they aren't earning
the same as legacy workers flying from LHR.

Still saved (and is saving) BA a lot of money.
--
Roland Perry