BA Strike - Again
daviesee
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Plans are for another stike, probably 29th April. What a surprise, not!
Two questions.
Why would anyone book flights with BA anymore?
and
How long will the company (and jobs obviously) last?
Personally, I don't plan to for the forseeable future and I used to like flying with them but I want to get to and from my destination thank you.
(Lobs grenade and leaves)
Two questions.
Why would anyone book flights with BA anymore?
and
How long will the company (and jobs obviously) last?
Personally, I don't plan to for the forseeable future and I used to like flying with them but I want to get to and from my destination thank you.
(Lobs grenade and leaves)
None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
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It was by far and away the most convenient flight if it actually flies
One with Ryanair, one with Easyjet and hopefully one other. Unfortunately all the destinations chosen for the third so far are only via BA. Looks like it could be a bad year
FWIW, I don't have a great deal of sympathy for the cabin staff, whilst I can see why they strike during this time of year, I think ruining families holidays is pretty low.
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On BA. :oops:
I wouldn't mind if they strike on May 1 and I get stuck there for a while though.
(I don't book my own flights and often get stuck on either BA or Ryanair - both airlines I would prefer to avoid like the plague given the choice)
Agree 100%, it's not like they are the worst paid in the industry
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(I don't have a problem with the two gorgeous Virgin Atlantic stewardesses who I met on my stag do in Brighton though)
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Bob
The Spanish are pretty good at this also.
yes! they should work for fupp all- like no doubt you do?
Union bating could be an olympic sport on here.
The above post may contain traces of sarcasm or/and bullsh*t.
Agree, getting fed up of having to explain to all the Daily Mail readers in here that reason they can go on holiday in the first place is down to the very Unions they are bashing.
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Don't read the fail and never been a member of a union. I got to where I am through hard work instead!
Oh, and make a point of never using BA, so no disappointments... simples
Ironic, given that (as far as I can remember anyway) the only papers available to read on BA flights are:
the daily mail
The telegraph.
While I was in the industry, the trouble making union (that has since been swallowed up into Unison) was just making its presence felt - even back then, the agenda was all about militance and intimidation of the company.
Knowing that there is a huge backlog of good available staff from other airlines and out of the pre-qualification courses, I think BA should be looking to their corporate legal team, rewriting all contracts into rolling 6 month contracts with provisos that industrial action will result in immediate termination. There's plenty of people to replace them if they want to play at Scargill.
What astounds me is that everyone knows BA has been loss making - they need their staff to tighten their belts to ensure survival of their employer, and yet this union has managed to get them to behave like this without any consideration of the commercial implications of their actions.
BA has been on my "no fly" list for the last 12 months because of this - I know many others also have this view as well, so it's likely only to be a matter of time before it goes pop.
Surely they can't think that demanding more pay/benefits for an already failing airline will be in any way beneficial to it's long term survival. Or even short term!
Having seen the mentality of the kind of people behind the union first hand, I can say without any doubt that you're about right. No commercial thinking, typical left wing union lunatics who are only a step away from wearing hammer & sickle badges........
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
Nope, I earn a very good salary thanks, and the key word there is earn. I don't hold my employer to ransom because I think that my salary, which is highest in the industry in the BA CC case, should be higher. I also accept that in these economic conditions, there may be salary cuts of pay freezes. Why should BA CC be any different to anyone else ?
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved
As for the argument that anyone who is due to take a holiday but instead ends up trapped in T5 at Heathrow because the trolley dollies are out on strike (again) should actually be grateful to the unions for getting a holiday in the first place, nope I don't see that. When I think of what the Tolpuddle Martyrs went through and the conditions that prompted them to do, getting up to £60kpa and a fantastic pension and benefits package for pouring a few G&Ts seems to be a long way off.
The other point of that is that while BA may go out of business and the staff may lose their jobs - the union leaders will continue on quite nicely.
For clarity - I believe that unions and strikes can be for the greater good - when used appropriately. This is not one of those causes.
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I think the Scargill mentality of the unions is totally out of step with reality but at least we've found our Maggie to take them on.
Rolling 6 month contracts? Staff shouldn't hold businesses to ransom without strong justification but at what point do staff lose all rights as your model would have. It's a co-dependent relationship, one is nothing without the other.
Nice touch, that one. Just for the record though, even if this could be legally accomplished it would be meaningless. Once the contract had been renewed twice it would become a de facto permanent contract anyway.