Interesting. The English F1/F2 contract does seem a lot more generous. Yet when it comes to exams there is no allowance for those who because of their work schedule have less time to prepare. So less pay, longer hours and less chance of getting onto training.
I think DD is supposed to get 48 hours between coming off nights and starting days, not a week. It did not stop one administrator trying to get her to start the day shift on a new rotation an hour she finished a night shift. Two days of emails and they compromised on 24. In her first rotation she worked ten days at a stretch including 13 hour longs. It was a busy ward with a lot of (expected) deaths and there was plenty of running round the hospital with a bleep at nights trying to be in two places at once. Time off was inevitably punctuated by calls from funeral directors and some compulsory training was expected to be done in your own time. My understanding is that it is not unusual to stay on after a busy shift to complete a handover. I have never heard her mention exception reporting. Her current rotation is also busy with clinics on different sites, and a weekend of batch cooking in advance. There were points where she was exhausted but I think (other than not having a job to go to) would choose the same again. The point of F1/F2 was to get good hands on experience.
One caveat is that the burn out rate amongst F1/F2s has been high. But then burn out is apparently happening at all levels. In the past when F1/F2 allocation was on merit, gentler rotations defacto went to those with fewest points, ie those in the bottom percentiles. I wonder what will happen to weaker F1s now that they are more likely to be thrown in the deep end. One issue I assume if that everyone is now is busier so there is less support. (Again English F1s seem to get a lot more allocated support and study time.)
It is interesting that you see PAs as providing patient continuity, even within an F1/F2s four month rotation. This would suggest that consultants would, reasonably, prioritise their training over rotating F1/F2s. What a pity the scope to hire soon to be unemployed "F3s" to these roles is so limited.
It all sounds like an own goal.
Her Australian application asked a lot about her experience. I have heard that young UK doctors have a bit of a reputation for having to adjust to a higher work rate. I really hope she can find something where she is, she is very happy there. However she is already starting to think that Australia might provide a chance to practice medicine under less challenging conditions. I still don't understand why Wes is not making more effort to retain competent UK trained doctors.
Nor, to get back to OP, why the BMA is so silent. They may get more pay, but with it may come the NHS they deserve.