They could have considered the passengers a bit more by scheduling the strike further in advance
It would have still hurt BA but given passengers more of an opportunity to make other arrangements
They could have considered the passengers a bit more by scheduling the strike further in advance
Unions aren't thinking about passengers. Short notice of strike action means less time for BA to organise replacement staff/planes.
Could be interesting, BA have trained up a lot of volunteers to be cabin crew from other areas in the company. If they flew almost a full schedule of flights then in theory the cabin crew could strike as much as they want. All the cabin crew would be doing then is losing a months pay.
tandemjeremy I fear you have an idealistic view of the unions, rather than the militant megalomaniac reality. After the last round of strike ballots lots of BA crew came forward to say they voted yes to strike, not yes to striking for such a long time over a key holiday period. They suggested that if the ballot had been specific- "do you want to strike for 10 days over Xmas" it would have been voted down.
As with previous strikes its a clash between old-school militant tendencies and capitalists, with the actual workers (and customers) caught in the middle.
Scargill tried to bring a government down (though launching a fuel strike in spring was always going to be a flawed approach) and instead gave the tory government motive and opportunity to destroy a union, and the industry with it. Willie Walsh and BA shareholders have as much to lose and wont let it happen.
On a lighter note the classic ellen degeneres sketch
sums up the attitude to trolley dolleys.
and I still do this on planes
Unions aren't thinking about passengers. Short notice of strike action means less time for BA to organise replacement staff/planes.
They have their contingency plan, they can put it into place in 48hrs, so giving BA less time is not a valid excuse
Hahaha Nice Munge-chick so right about seat comfort!
Hope the OP gets sorted.
