Airways Pension Scheme defers appeal decision to September
Trustees of the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) will not make a firm decision on whether to appeal the Court of Appeal's judgment on discretionary increase payments until September.
While the British Airways (BA) scheme has served a ‘Notice of Appeal' with the Supreme Court, showing an intention to bring the case before the higher court, the trustees are erring on whether an appeal...
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