Looks like another fun filled few days are coming next week as BA Cabin Crew plan a three day walk out over sickness pay and staffing issues.

In addition to the three days planned on the 29th, 30th & 31st Jan, two further three day strikes are also threatened. These being the 5th, 6th & 7th of Feb and the 12th, 13th & 14th Feb. Joy.

BA is planning to speak to workers today to try and avert mass chaos. BA is quoted as calling the industrial action “totally unjustified” and is likely to affect thousands of passengers.

Whenever I fly I always try and book with BA as I like the service and find their flights very comfrotable, however, you have to ask yourself. If you go and book a flight now - which is peak holiday booking season - for the summer, how annoying would it be to have your summer holiday trashed at the last minute by the Airline and it’s staff. Makes you want go book with someone less volatile.

Latest update from BA - 26th Jan 07:

We wrote to you on January 22, to advise you of planned industrial action by the Transport and General Workers Union’s (T&G) cabin crew branch.

Unfortunately, despite continued talks, industrial action will be taking place on January 30 and 31. Further planned strikes are also scheduled to take place February 5, 6 and 7 and February 12, 13 and 14.

We are writing to you to reassure you that we are committed to finding a resolution to this situation. We are working day and night to try to come to an agreement with the T&G that will stop any further planned strikes from taking place.

In the meantime, we have published our flight schedule for January 30 and 31 on ba.com. If you are planning to travel with British Airways over the disruption period, we would strongly recommend that you visit our website for the latest information at http://ba.com/lfn . 

 

Yours sincerely

British Airways

 

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