Employee benefits continued
APS and NAPS are governed by separate Trustee Boards. Although APS and NAPS have separate Trustee Boards, much of the business of the two
Schemes is common. Most Main Board and Committee meetings are held in tandem, although each Trustee Board reaches its decisions independently.
There are three Committees which are separately responsible for the governance, operation and investments of each Scheme. British Airways Pension
Trustees Limited holds the assets of both Schemes on behalf of their respective Trustees.
Deficit payment plans are agreed with the Trustees of each scheme every three years based on the actuarial valuation (the ‘triennial valuation’) rather
than the IAS 19 accounting valuation. The latest deficit recovery plan was agreed at 31 March 2012 (see note 31i).
The actuarial valuations performed as at 31 March 2012 are different to the valuation performed under IAS 19 ‘Employee Benefits’ as of 31 December
2015 due mainly to timing differences of the measurement dates and to the specific scheme assumptions in the actuarial valuation vs. IAS guidance
used in the accounting valuation assumptions, notably the discount rate to calculate the present value of the liabilities.
Most employees engaged outside the UK are covered by appropriate local arrangements. The Company provides certain additional post-retirement
healthcare benefits to eligible employees in the US through the US Post-Retirement Medical Benefit plan (‘US PRMB’).
The defined benefit plans expose the Company to risks, such as longevity risk, interest rate risk, market (investment) risk and currency risk.
Disclosures for post-retirement benefits are presented on a consolidated basis and include a net pension liability of £16 million (2014: £23 million)
relating to British Airways Holidays Limited, with the remainder relating to the Company.