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Seriously, do the staff not get it? They're striking their way on to the dole. I, for one, will never fly BA again having been a loyal passenger for fear of some lefty making me miss my flight.

Strikes workwhen the government pay you, not a private entity. Bring back Maggie.
 
gooseman said:
Seriously, do the staff not get it? They're striking their way on to the dole. I, for one, will never fly BA again having been a loyal passenger for fear of some lefty making me miss my flight.

Strikes workwhen the government pay you, not a private entity. Bring back Maggie.
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Cabin staff who are going out on strike are educated people. They have had plenty of time to think things out, apart from what the union leaders think. Some have left the union but I don't get it, either. What are these striking members on about? There must be something very serious to their interests that they are worried about to keep sabotaging their employer like this.

Times have changed, too, when pilots are prepared to do cabin crews jobs. I am a retired MN Chief Officer. Ask me to do a steward's job? No thanks.

I admit that I don't know all the facts but this much is for sure. No one goes on strile in these troubled times without a good reason. What is it?
 
Travel perks which they regard as being a "right" not a privilege. They are angry because they feel they have been robbed of free flights and of getting flights for 10% for family and friends. They are outraged and believe they can beat management.
 
fck em. it'll be plenty more serious when they lose their jobs and get paid 30% less at virgin.
 
I don't think they give a ****. It's a troublesome contingent at Heathrow as far as I can tell, everyone else hates em.
 
Never any mention of the merger with Iberia, or that Walsh raised an extra $1bl of debt this time last year, the airline industry is in a total mess and hasn't recovered from the huge spike in crude prices in 2008...IMHO all airlines have to adapt and in some ways adopt the Easy Jet pay scale...why should a BA pilot and or cabin staff rake in more than comparative employees working on Singapore airlines putting the same hours in and getting a half the pay? It's inevitable, given the globalisation irony that airlines suffer from, that prices will have to drop to find a common level and likewise wages for all...Be at bit worrying to think as Michael Moore put it that "the guy piloting your aircraft is on welfare stamps" but heh ho..
 
The initial deal which BA wanted was the same as already accepted by BASSA and Unite for staff out of Gatwick.
Apparently not good enough for Heathrow staff.......
 
Sky News 10:35 today: "British Airways says enough of its cabin crew have crossed picket lines at Heathrow for it to run its published flight schedule on the first day of a wave of strikes."

Sounds like the cabin staff not all daft.
 
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Sky News 10:35 today: "British Airways says enough of its cabin crew have crossed picket lines at Heathrow for it to run its published flight schedule on the first day of a wave of strikes."

Sounds like the cabin staff not all daft.
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That's only the "published" flight plan, they reckon 70% of that published flight plan will go ahead, however in reality it's probably only 25% of the full service. The pr warfare on this, through the usual media suspects such as our own home grown Fox news, is immense...
 
I wouldn't be bothered to see the demise of BA, either.
A few years ago my daughter went to New York and checked in her luggage at Heathrow. The staff knew it wouldn't go on the flight as there was a back log (unbeknown to the public at the time) of six days of luggage sitting on the tarmac soaking wet from a flood and heavy rain.
At JFK BA promised her and her friend their luggage would arrive the following day and they should return - no phone calls accepted ! Their three day holiday in New York was spent at JFK with promises of "it's on the flight this afternoon" etc.
BA then promised it would be delivered to them at Harvard in Boston where they were then going.
Guess what...........?
After 13 days (and us moving heaven and earth from this end) it was delivered unexpectedly to our front door by two guys in an unmarked van. It had never left Thiefrow. Our daughter and her friend arrived home the following day.
BA? The sooner it goes down the tubes, the better.
Richard
 
I'm with you there Richard.

Whenever I fly, I always consider British Airways as a very very last resort airline.
 
Very wise, buddy.
What's more she had a terrible stone-walling job from BA trying to get any compensation whatsoever out of them. In the end she gave up as she has a busy job in the City and didn't have the time to waste for a fistful of pounds from a grubby airline. Just what they wanted and planned for, of course.
Richard
 
It's now time for BA to do as Reagan did with the air traffic controllers - sack the lot & invite them to re-apply for their jobs. Then accept who you want on terms relevant. Then run the airline like a business. But then it wouldn't be BA would it?

I'd just hate to think what it would be like now if it was the old nationalised BOAC/BEA. Seems like BA will go the way of Rover etc - why buy British when you can buy the best?
 
Our kids have all grown up, but the strikers have chosen dates to co-incide with school half term, just to cause the maximum amount of misery because they think they can force the airline into giving them all "their" freebies.
Yep, BA management and staff treat the travelling public like dirt, so boycott them. They deserve to go under.
 
Worst long-haul flight I've ever been on was on BA to Kuala Lumpur back in the late 90's. A dirty plane, very unfriendly staff who seemed to resent having to do anything for the passengers, poor meal service, and basically no other service to speak of - it was like spending 12 hours on a Ryanair flight. I've never gone near BA since.
 
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