British Airways Strike at Christmas
Discussion
Just been reported that the BA Cabin Crew unions have voted in favour of a 12 day strike between 22 Dec and 2 Jan.
It seems that (in order to guarantee the survival of the airline) BA were asking the cabin crew to make some (allegedly minor) changes to their working conditions.
Instead of accepting them, the unions have now decided to go on strike, an action which in all likelihood will kill BA entirely.
Let's see how happy all the "yes" voters are when they no longer have any job.
It seems that (in order to guarantee the survival of the airline) BA were asking the cabin crew to make some (allegedly minor) changes to their working conditions.
Instead of accepting them, the unions have now decided to go on strike, an action which in all likelihood will kill BA entirely.
Let's see how happy all the "yes" voters are when they no longer have any job.
LilCat said:
Not good!
So looks like the 150+ PO's I have placed over the Christmas and New Year will need to be amended!!!!
Our travel and logistics manager is looking a little frayed around the edges right now as well - Angola isn't the easiest of places to get into and out of as it is, without our major travel provider screwing the pooch at Christmas.So looks like the 150+ PO's I have placed over the Christmas and New Year will need to be amended!!!!
Ah well, at least I'll be at home when the strike starts, so worst case I get a few extra days in the UK.
Absolute idiots but sad to say I'm not surprised. I have quite detailed business involvement with BA and it's blatantly apparent that the Management Board and subsequent minions are often arrogant and self-defeating in their approach. Mix in The Unions who are just as bad/worse and yer fooked.
BA were beginning to recover their reputation after the last strike and the T5 debacle. Profit would've surely followed on from that. This news kills that progress.
Very sorry for all those innocent Customers that this strike will affect over Crimbo.
BA were beginning to recover their reputation after the last strike and the T5 debacle. Profit would've surely followed on from that. This news kills that progress.
Very sorry for all those innocent Customers that this strike will affect over Crimbo.
This is also f*cking up my Christmas and New Year plans as well. Looks like my other half is going to be stranded in Germany unless we pay for a very expensive Lufthansa flight or she is will to take 24 hours on a coach. I really don't get their thinking, there's a good chance they won't have anything to come back to after their strike as BA will have gone under.
I work at an airport, and handle four British Airways flights a day in amongst seven other airlines.
From experience in dealing with British Airways crew I will say they are certainly not the best, and if pushed would probably say they are the bottom of the pile. They are not knowledgeable in many areas, admittedly not safety, they have no idea how lucky they are to earn the wages they do in comparison with other airlines either.
SAS have the same problem, where cabin crew chiefs are on nearly the same as the cockpit crew as they flatly refuse pay cuts.
This proposed B.A. strike will absolutely kill the airline, and if the staff don't realise this and go blindly following the union then they are as downright stupid as I consider some of them to be.
One or two are spot on, and the rest seem to have the same disease I've seen on my returns to the U.K. of late, as in they want the world on a plate and refuse to work for it.
They need to wake up and smell the s
te they are throwing around, because when they wind up working for Virgin / Ryanair they'll have a shock when they open their wage packet. If they want to go and work for a big hitter like Emirates they can expect a free flat, and a whopping 14k a year.
They're a cancer for British Airways right now, and if anyone expects the government to wade in throwing money around, again they're in for a shock.
Christ, I bet the bearded one's grin can be seen from the moon right now.
From experience in dealing with British Airways crew I will say they are certainly not the best, and if pushed would probably say they are the bottom of the pile. They are not knowledgeable in many areas, admittedly not safety, they have no idea how lucky they are to earn the wages they do in comparison with other airlines either.
SAS have the same problem, where cabin crew chiefs are on nearly the same as the cockpit crew as they flatly refuse pay cuts.
This proposed B.A. strike will absolutely kill the airline, and if the staff don't realise this and go blindly following the union then they are as downright stupid as I consider some of them to be.
One or two are spot on, and the rest seem to have the same disease I've seen on my returns to the U.K. of late, as in they want the world on a plate and refuse to work for it.
They need to wake up and smell the s
te they are throwing around, because when they wind up working for Virgin / Ryanair they'll have a shock when they open their wage packet. If they want to go and work for a big hitter like Emirates they can expect a free flat, and a whopping 14k a year.They're a cancer for British Airways right now, and if anyone expects the government to wade in throwing money around, again they're in for a shock.
Christ, I bet the bearded one's grin can be seen from the moon right now.
K50 DEL said:
Our travel and logistics manager is looking a little frayed around the edges right now as well - Angola isn't the easiest of places to get into and out of as it is, without our major travel provider screwing the pooch at Christmas
TAP via Lisbon or SAA via Joburg - two Star Alliance carriers for you to consider 
[quote=Red&WhiteMonkey]This is also f*cking up my Christmas and New Year plans as well. Looks like my other half is going to be stranded in Germany unless we pay for a very expensive Lufthansa flight or she is will to take 24 hours on a coach. I really don't get their thinking, there's a good chance they won't have anything to come back to after their strike as BA will have gone under.
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Might be worth looking at the Thales site to see if your other half can get into Eurostar land? Worth looking at as an alternative imo.
Prob 4-6hrs depending on where in Germany she is? Either that or have a look at ferries.
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Might be worth looking at the Thales site to see if your other half can get into Eurostar land? Worth looking at as an alternative imo.
Prob 4-6hrs depending on where in Germany she is? Either that or have a look at ferries.
Puggit said:
sneijder said:
All the oil folk here in Norway use TAP to Luanda, they all have tried other ways and regretted it.
Of course they do, they get to top up their SAS Eurobonus points http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&pre...
Puggit said:
K50 DEL said:
Our travel and logistics manager is looking a little frayed around the edges right now as well - Angola isn't the easiest of places to get into and out of as it is, without our major travel provider screwing the pooch at Christmas
TAP via Lisbon or SAA via Joburg - two Star Alliance carriers for you to consider My routing this time is supposed to be SAA to JoBurg then BA to London and the same going home.
I'm home before the strike starts, but due to fly back right in the middle of it. Apparently it's down to BA to re-route me, so we'll see what they come up with!
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