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Old Dec 14th 2009, 1:53 pm
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Hope none of y'all are flying BA, They are planning to strike from the 22nd Dec - 2nd Jan........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8411214.stm

If you factor in possible weather related delays also then it's going to be a nightmare for travellers. I read yesterday that BA Cabin crew are on average paid double the salary of Virgin crew and about £10,000 more than Easyjet, a strike at this time of year is not going to boost customer loyalty.
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Makes me glad BA no longer fly out of Detroit, because if they did, we'd probably be flying with them over Xmas.
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Default Re: BA Strike over Christmas and New Year

Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist
Hope none of y'all are flying BA, They are planning to strike from the 22nd Dec - 2nd Jan........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8411214.stm

If you factor in possible weather related delays also then it's going to be a nightmare for travellers. I read yesterday that BA Cabin crew are on average paid double the salary of Virgin crew and about £10,000 more than Easyjet, a strike at this time of year is not going to boost customer loyalty.
Peace and goodwill to all indeed!
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Originally Posted by dgsyd1
Makes me glad BA no longer fly out of Detroit, because if they did, we'd probably be flying with them over Xmas.
when u going? I have to be bloody working might get to see u if ur flying on the days I am
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Originally Posted by The Horticulturalist

If you factor in possible weather related delays also then it's going to be a nightmare for travellers. I read yesterday that BA Cabin crew are on average paid double the salary of Virgin crew and about £10,000 more than Easyjet, a strike at this time of year is not going to boost customer loyalty.
That I find hard to believe, Easyjet perhaps, short flights don't bring in nearly as much money as internationals.
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Default Re: BA Strike over Christmas and New Year

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That I find hard to believe, Easyjet perhaps, short flights don't bring in nearly as much money as internationals.
It does say that in this article -

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6955189.ece

'BA cabin crew are still the best paid in Britain, with an average salary of £29,000 compared with £14,000 at Virgin Atlantic.'

But I wonder if that's a quirk of the stats - maybe BA have lots more long service staff and virgin have more entry level peeps
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Default Re: BA Strike over Christmas and New Year

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That I find hard to believe, Easyjet perhaps, short flights don't bring in nearly as much money as internationals.
I agree, It does seem rather incongruous in the current climate that BA's cabin crew are earning twice as much as some of the others. I read it in the Times http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6955189.ece
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Phew!! got a little worried when I saw this thread...just checked, Sis is flying over with US Airlines
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Originally Posted by Englishtart
Phew!! got a little worried when I saw this thread...just checked, Sis is flying over with US Airlines


You've got to wonder what planet they are on really, as one commenter said in that Times article "they need to wake up and smell the recession"
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Default Re: BA Strike over Christmas and New Year

Originally Posted by rebs
It does say that in this article -

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6955189.ece

'BA cabin crew are still the best paid in Britain, with an average salary of £29,000 compared with £14,000 at Virgin Atlantic.'

But I wonder if that's a quirk of the stats - maybe BA have lots more long service staff and virgin have more entry level peeps
That is part of the problem. BA have long service staff on old contracts who they are trying to get rid of and employ new staff to replace them on contracts comparable to Virgin and the others.
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Lovely. I'm meant to be flying out Dec 27th on BA.

We'll see...
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Thank god my friends are flying in on Virgin.
Gives the staff a nice Xmas break doesn't it.
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Originally Posted by rebs

But I wonder if that's a quirk of the stats - maybe BA have lots more long service staff and virgin have more entry level peeps
It is a quirk of the stats...sure BA have a lot of old folks on old contracts but old folks also tend to be senior positions so tend to earn more anyway.

Plus the benefits are pretty shit compared to Virgin, though the union is pretty decent.
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Default Re: BA Strike over Christmas and New Year

My son is flying here from Heathrow on Thursday (17th) and has a return for the 28th. What happens if they do strike how does he get back? Not that I mind if he stays longer but I think his boss might.
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My son is flying here from Heathrow on Thursday (17th) and has a return for the 28th. What happens if they do strike how does he get back? Not that I mind if he stays longer but I think his boss might.
what does his travel insurance say about it?

chances are they'll try and stick him on another carrier I guess.
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