BA cabin crew vote to strike again
Discussion
Ok, so what if they don't back down, strike and cost BA lots of money and further damage its reputation. Will BA management have to back down to prevent further loses? I know a lot of people on here won't book BA if they can avoid it at the moment. I have a dilemma of whether to book BA for a wedding in June where there are few options avialable on the route I would like to use and I have delayed booking to see if they were going to strike again.
If they do strike what will be the view of the cabin crew with the rest of the people in BA who have agreed to new contract terms to save money? Also have are the unions managed to convince the younger cabin crew that it is in their interests to strike when they will never see the benefits that the older crew currently get?
If they do strike what will be the view of the cabin crew with the rest of the people in BA who have agreed to new contract terms to save money? Also have are the unions managed to convince the younger cabin crew that it is in their interests to strike when they will never see the benefits that the older crew currently get?
Soovy said:
They've nothing to lose. They are £15k a year trolley dollies earning £35k.
Sh t or bust.
Scumbags.
Take that back! My ex-wife is a BA trolley dolley! Erm... as you were....Sh t or bust.
Scumbags.
BTW I was talking to some BA staff last week and the plan AFAIK is that there will be a series of one day strikes rather than last year's "Christmas Beano" which the stupid unions now realise, rightly, garnered great public approbrium. One day strikes take weeks to get things straight afterwards, so it's just as bad really.
The training centres in Waterside/Compass Centre is currently packed with middle management on SEP courss learning how to be scabs. Apparently doing a day's work it has come as a great shock to some of these folk, I'd love to be on a flight from Gatwick to Palma de Majorca with some chavs and see how a deputy assistant manager from business product relationship marketing copes with having her arse groped and being sworn at. And that's just by the strikers going on holiday!
Anyway IMO, the unions are lose cannons, they know the party's over but just can't accept it. I'm just surprised that Wee Willy Walsh still looks like a clueless rabbit caught in the headlights.
anonymous said:
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They just let GB Airways slip through their fingers and get sold to Easyjet... DOH!... along with GB's Heathrow and Gatwick slots, which they could have then given up to satidfy the regulator for the BA/AA tie up. DOH again! They deserve to fail, they really do!
fatboy b said:
I was watching that t
t Len McClusky on the news last last. Exactly what world is he living in??
Planet Socialismt Len McClusky on the news last last. Exactly what world is he living in??fatboy b said:
There is a recession on and costs have to be saved in order to compete or you'll all lose you jobs.
This seems to be the aim when seeing beyond the end of your own nose is too difficult.
They are just going to destroy the hand that feeds, so short-sighted.
Interesting that a number of pilots have said they'll work cabin crew shifts to keep things running - but then they have brains and can see what the effect of all this is, where as the trolley dollies are just too thick to work it out.
Interesting that a number of pilots have said they'll work cabin crew shifts to keep things running - but then they have brains and can see what the effect of all this is, where as the trolley dollies are just too thick to work it out.
apprentice said:
I was chatting to a mate who is a BA Pilot and he was shaking his head in utter frustration, whilst suggesting that a large proportion of BA strikers really have no idea what they are doing!
Yep - that sounds about right. Running around like a herd of sheep looking for a leader, and Len McEdited by apprentice on Tuesday 23 February 11:00
chops stands up.fatboy b said:
apprentice said:
I was chatting to a mate who is a BA Pilot and he was shaking his head in utter frustration, whilst suggesting that a large proportion of BA strikers really have no idea what they are doing!
Yep - that sounds about right. Running around like a herd of sheep looking for a leader, and Len McEdited by apprentice on Tuesday 23 February 11:00
chops stands up.remind me as an immigrant why BA cant fire the losers and replace them with lower paid staff? I think BA is fair to retain majority of current staff at reduced T&C in light of market conditions facing the business. What is the legal situation if a business cannot afford certain costs and must cut it?
bobbylondonuk said:
remind me as an immigrant why BA cant fire the losers and replace them with lower paid staff? I think BA is fair to retain majority of current staff at reduced T&C in light of market conditions facing the business. What is the legal situation if a business cannot afford certain costs and must cut it?
Employees raaaahts. Should have put them all on zero hours contracts or hired agency staff.
Employees raaaats are a soviet spanner in the works of commerce.
Tangent Police said:
bobbylondonuk said:
remind me as an immigrant why BA cant fire the losers and replace them with lower paid staff? I think BA is fair to retain majority of current staff at reduced T&C in light of market conditions facing the business. What is the legal situation if a business cannot afford certain costs and must cut it?
Employees raaaahts. Should have put them all on zero hours contracts or hired agency staff.
Employees raaaats are a soviet spanner in the works of commerce.
let em all go..move HQ to spain, rehire at lower rates and make some money for shareholders. There are small businesses and medium sized ones dependant on BA as a company spending money. For all of those enterprises, BA needs to man up and function like a business, not a govt enterprise!
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