I am sure that the Globespan staff would be willing to fill any vacancies. £35000 per annum for a flying tea-lady does seem excessive to say the least.

Wow, better get back to packing then.

According to today's Guardian, there were 12,700 cabin crew supporting the action and that this number represented the 92% in favour.

So it seems 900 votes were from people taking redundancy and who would no longer be employees at the time of the strike.

So let's assume every single one voted for the strike, inflated the 12,700 and it should really 'only' have been 11,800.

That is still 85%.

That is still an enormous majority.

When the might of BA with all its available resources, including hatchet jobs in the Daily Mail, are telling people how good the staff have things and such a huge majority of those staff don't agree, anyone with an ounce of intelligence should be wondering if something isn't wrong with the 'information' coming their way.

So the ballot was wrong on a tiny technicality; It was 'only' 85% and not 92%. Such heavy handed tactics often rebound on those responsible.

I'm happy for those that can go ahead with their plans.

If they feel that strongly about poor pay and poor conditions, they can always look for alternative employment. I am sure that plenty of others would willingly take the job. To threaten to strike over Xmas is just mean and bloody minded. All 80%+ deserve to have their contracts terminated

OK, I've read the vast majority of this thread and I'm coming from a totally different angle.

I have 'sympathy' with the Cabin Crew.

I have 'sympathy' with BA

I have NO sympathy for the whinners who obviously have too much money and can afford to book a SCHEDULED airline (especially a rip off operation like BA) at Xmas (or any other 'holiday' season for that matter).

You are Robert Mugabe, AICMFP

A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal in a High Court ruling.....

So original poster your all good to go....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8418805.stm

Don't worry Butch, we booked it with your credit card.

Dang, and I thought the missus was trying to suprise me

Why do you care so much?

Its simple concept called justice. Its about human dignity and standing together in the face of adversity and persecution.

He's a lawyer, he won't understand justice.

For the cabin crew or the travellers?

The fact is that they balls it up and a technically is a technically irrespective of how tiny it is.

The fact is that it is well know that BA staff are well reimbursed in comparison to others at rival companies; I have friends who worked at Virgin who would love to work at BA with all the perks. They have lost the support of most people in the UK. They chose deliberately to strike over Xmas to cause maximum inconvenience to their customers; they are mad as they do not have a monopoly and it could well be that their actions might have resulted in BA losing a considerable sum of money which could have seen a lot of them losing their jobs when passengers voted with their feet and booked with other airlines.

Can you explain who is being persecuted?