In addition to previous comments I have made I now realise how deceptive the airline are being about he strike's success or lack of it.
They are telling everyone how the percentage of flights still leaving is high. What the observer is not being told directly is that BA are spending huge amounts drafting in extra aircraft hired from an airline that specialises in hire support. These aircraft (all but one are Boeings and old ones at that) are taking off nearly empty. This is how you can say you have a high percentage of flights still leaving. What you cannot say is that there is a high percentage of passengers aboard them because there is not!
BA have been desperate to save money and get back in the black. Attempting to break this strike by hiring in aircraft complete with pilots and cabin crew is financial lunacy. The longer this situation continues unresolved the worse it will be for this supposed "great company". The whole object BA had for reducing staffing levels was to save cash and this method will take them the wrong way.
The attitude of Willie Walsh in divesting the strikers of their perks which appear to be extremely low costs flights all over the world is peevish and childish. Mind you, there never was a case for such a giveaway perk in the first place! It is little wonder they have cash flow difficulties. Some time back, in order to save money, Willie Walsh and other top earners said they would work free of pay for a month and asked other staff to join them. This was a classic case of the rich man calling on his servants to share nothing whilst he waits to enjoy plenty later! What a nutter!
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