This entire mess seems to pretty mcuh come down with one man's obsession to through his weight around BA. He should hang his head in shame for the way he has handled all negotiations (or not) over the last 18 months. If this man had stood down or just accepted that you cannot hold people to ransom for your own personl gain we would not be where we are now. DUNCAN HOLLEY you should be ashamed u have cost your colleagues a lot of money ifnot their careers. Your out of Ba... next step Bassa.
who gives a fuck? its business, and i am sure BA would be all sympathetic if the shoe was on the other foot. fuck em' welcome to competition idiots, go sign on
What would I do? I would get on with it and not moan like the greedy little bitches that you are. I was jobless for 4 months. I would have loved a job while you greedy bastards were looking for excuses to strike
Damaging the company which has supplied them with a good lifetsyle, striking cabin crew are on another planet, and are forcing BA towards much more radical pruning of their department, than was otherwise necessary.
Walsh may not be the most liked CEO BA has ever had, but he is taking necessary steps, and should be supported.
At no stage does this nice lady mention that the original reason given for striking in March was an objection for having to work a bit harder. NO pay-cuts ( in fact, a pay rise scheduled for most ), NO job losses, and a pitiful negotiating period of almost all of 2009, during a period when BA was losing 1 million pounds daily.
Now is the time to exploit the weaknesses of the Condem coalition. The emergency budget will force the public sector unions to ballot its members. The teachers and their assistants will ballot along with health workers. With Cameron agitating the CWU and the rail unions, a series of general strikes must prevail. The trade union movement have some old scores to settle. Say no to privatisation!
Solidarity to our brothers and sisters at Unite/BASSA who are currently on strike. With the imminent national rail strike and with BT workers threatening industrial action; you are not alone. The Torys will never learn that privatisation doesn`t work. They will now attempt to privatise Royal Mail, the NHS and state education. Even Thatcher never thought of that!
BA is no longer the flag carrier. It does not enjoy a state monopoly nor does it receive a government subsidy. This airline was finished the day it was privatised. It cannot compete with the smaller budget airlines. So the next time you fly to Malaga, Prague or Dublin for a bullseye, just remember that it is you, privatisation and lndustrial competiton who are responsible for the demise of BA.
@tessleplar yes because BA are very close to going bust having just put over £300 million into their war fund, while they posted a loss this year of over £500 million
BA have lost £500 million in the last year. A faulty business model that doesn't suit the market needs changing to suit the market - a healthy business can create more jobs whilst an unhealthy business will crumble. BA is on the road to bankruptcy and Unite are pushing them over the edge. This is no time for class warfare.
What makes BA cabin crew so special? Redundancies across the UK, jobs being lost, theres a recession going on. CC may not like what management is doing but they have to keep the business survive! She's lucky to have the bloody job, like he said there is a line of people willing to do the job for lower pay.
Walsh's pay rise last year? 6% was it? pushing him over £3/4m. Plus a bonus opportunity of over £1m?
Get your snout out of the trough Walsh and start proper negotiations
And for all those saying that Cabin Crew are pushing BA towards going out of business - get real & don't automatically believe everything you read in The Sun, Dail Mail etc - BA have over £Billion cash stashed away - money that the cabin crew have helped to accumulate from previous years of profit,
An excellent video. Manipulates the public into supporting the union. But frankly you should remember that it wasn't the management that turned the pilots against you it was your striking which means that Ba has to now cut costs in other departments.
Get back to work you lazy bastards, so many people, myself included would die for your jobs. BA didn't cause the economic crash, we all need to tighten our belts. If the cabin crew can't be arsed working in an extrememly well paid job then I'll do it, and for a damn sight cheaper too. Cross the picket line cabin crew!
You want to get airborne? Then get talking instead of wasting money on scabs and dubious law suits to try and undermine the democratic right to strike. Oh and sack little Willie - he's a total failure!
Only one of each hundred applicants are selected for cabin crew which makes them unique and seemingly exempt from the commercial and financial constraints affecting the rest of us. Other airline staff rely on passenger revenue for their pay whereas cabin crews pay and allowances come from Drakes Bounty and Queen Anns Chest, or so they appear to believe. Please, leave fantasy land and enter the real world.
A question for the 'sack the lot of them' brigade who always seem to raise their ugly heads at times like these..........If your employer came to you tommorow and told you they were ripping up your contract of work which they gave you and changing it at a moments notice you would just accept it would you.?.....If your employer came to you tomorrow and told you they were paying of your fellow staff and making you cover the two jobs you would just accept it would you?
What a load of propaganda and biased views. BA cabin crew are one of the worlds best paid and well treated cabin crew yet they are still striking during a time of intense hardship for not only British Airways but for the Western world. The people striking should feel lucky to even have a good job during this current economical climate and should realise that this intense strike action is not helping them but helping the propaganda ridden union workforce.
If this continues, BA may go bust, and probably be bailed out, increasing a deficit in our Balance of payments from the government, or worse, get taken over by a foreign country, yeah, let's see how you like that, replacing all the British crew members with foreigners...see you later paypacket and contribution to the British economy! These crew members are just selfish!
Jobs are being lost everywhere, crew members are lucky that they still have a job...a strike is not what the British economy wants at this moment, people just don't see the bigger picture. If they want one of the biggest sectors in tourism to sink for the economy.
Firstly..jokes....secondly, I can't stand everyday looking at this bloody strike on the news, there's bigger things happening in the world, people dying in Thailand etc...This... is absolutely atrocious, how greedy can one be! average salary of a crew member at Virgin is 14k, British Airways 24k!!!!! Let's be honest here, it's common that the typical British labourer doesn't get the system, there will definitely be cheaper and more hardworking people to replace them.
BA management have an awful lot to answer for. Incurring a £121 million fine for price fixing, purchasing huge fuel reserves at peak prices and overseeing the disastrous opening of Terminal 5. They have now announced record losses of £531 million on top of a loss of £401 million for the previous year. This is the third consecutive year that BA have announced record losses.
Sacked for comments on her facebook page. 00:45 was that something like "perhaps you should kidnap their child and show it the real world" that comment was read by the mother of the child
This video clip says they are not striking for money or conditions ... so what on earth are they striking for and putting the company and their jobs at risk in the process?
But it is not okay when management are bribed with lucrative packages to ensure they act like a group of hired assasins to make decisions that would be indefensible if exposed to public scrutiny, which is why they never are. I have flown BA many times and always found their cabin crew service to be excellent and professional. BA is not a unique case. They will be the first of many firms using the banking crisis to reduce or limit workers fair remuneration.
I support the cabin crews' efforts to maintain their dignity at work and to earn a fair wage. If the "market" is always allowed to decide, then the gap between management and workers salaries will continue to widen to the detriment of society at large. Incentives for management are fine, as they are for the workers.
@cavanfan yes thats right BA is going down the pan isnt it... They only have £1.7bn in the bank, of which they put over £300 million in there this year, even though they posted a loss of over £500 million. This strike could have been ended before it started by Willie Walsh and it would have cost BA nothing... So what stopped him from ending it. Either his pride or he wants to break the union. One thing is clear though. He does not care about his passengers, otherwise there would be no strike!
Iberia crew earn 40,000 + euros per year on average.
Virgin Atlantic cabin crew receive excellent package of several FREE flights every year to any of their world wide destinations. They are paid a good basic wage and when you include away from home payments and meal allowances ect they are very well paid.
You all need to get your facts right before commenting. As a frequent flyer and a businessman, I have seen the effects of the situation and the reality that the press dont want to report or seem to ignore . You and quite a few others (here and elsewhere) are feeding off twisted bits of reality fed to you by the media.
I work in the travel industry making many 1000 bookings a year I find it very hard to have faith in booking BA as do my customers. My experience with BA has been nothing short of a disaster....Sory but if there is an alternative ill be taking it....Good luck with you cause but I think your putting your comapny at risk.
This video is quite simply the most insanely ridiculous interpretation of events. If only you crew knew what your self-destructing, cannibalistic union is bringing upon you.
At one time I felt sorry for you, for being brainwashed by such tunnel-visioned and transparent propaganda. Now, I just resent you for it. As do the other 35,000 people in this company, the general public, the media, and even the government.
For the love of God, will you people please start thinking for yourselves?
This is so biased it's unbelievable. BA cabin crew are abusing their rights... I'm with BA all the way.
First of all, BA have reported losses of over $1 million per day due to volcanic activity. With further flight cancellations it's dead beat sure going to contribute to the liquidation of BA. Loss of customer faith and satisfaction leads to fewer flyers which in turn means employment cuts.
A silly and vicious circle caused by pointless Union action where it wasnt needed in the first place.
Sorry but the majority of the British Workforce is threatened with the same thing "there are plenty more out there who are willing to do your job and for less". This is what the recession has brought to the majority of working people in this country and not just BA staff. Sad reflection of our times when some bosses do issue such threats to their staff and expect them cave in and accept what thrown at them. I am lucky not to have such bosses but I know people who have and its not nice.
BA has looked after its staff with great perks and pay and now it is time the staff did their bit to help the company through the recession and cancel any strike action.. when the recession is over and if there is still a BA airlines then that would be the time to talk about any grievances.
Airlines are on the brink of bankruptcy.. the strike action is stupid, it helps nobody except justifies the existence of over paid Union bosses, if BA goes bankrupt and the staff have to find work with other airlines they will finally appreciate how good they had it.
Unbelievable, the greed & self-entitlement of the union and cabin crew - you could give them the earth but they'd still be going on strike for more. This is exactly why Britain doesn't have any industry left, or any worldly significance.
You'd think they were all highly skilled brain surgeons being forced to work for nothing - not some of the BEST PAID CABIN CREW in the world. If the union does destroy BA, it won't be helping them in their new careers as shelf stackers & McDonalds employees.
the crew is brilliant but unfortunately the company has no money and everyone is asking for more money I want to support them except I think that repeatedly striking on some of the busiest days is not the way to go. I do think the crew deserve better I'm just not sure that they can currently recieve better. I do agree that the company is bieng more heavy handed than it could
I'd like to know what the script of this video is based on. It seems particularly biased and misrepresents both sides.
I sincerely doubt that this is a reenactment from an unedited conversation, and I also doubt that it happened in a darkened room in the style of an interrogation.
If they are quotes I doubt that they are spoken in the manner they were initially intended.
I think morally i do support the cabin crew but seriously, the one strike was enough, this proposed 20 day one was ridiculous, if you want public opinion to stay behind you don't ruin their holidays for horrible periods of time. They are also destroying the whole company by threatening strikes so often, they won't have a job if they keep doing this because I for one am weary of booking with BA because I don't want the hassle of a cancellation due to strikes.
They should count themselves lucky that they even have a job at the moment. Given the current volatile state of the airline industry as a whole, they should get on with the job and wait until the recession has finished.
Pathetic, Unions are getting to big for their boots. The fact is that BA staff are getting paid a fair wage. What has happened to this country, no-one is prepared to do a hard days work anymore without moaning and bitching! Staff are going to end up bankrupting BA at this rate and then they will all be out of a job. There is a recession on, people need to button up accept there maybe a few pay cuts and then maybe we might just pull through it. We don't want to end up in a state like Greece.
Go back to work you lazy communists and stop the 'poor us' act! There are thousands of Britons begging for jobs! Be glad you have one!
Some of us work hard to earn money, to spend on flights with BA... We (your customers, the people who ultimately pay your wages) don't like it when our flights are cancelled because of a few easily-offended socialist wackos. IF you REALLY cared about your customers... you wouldn't be disrupting their travel plans by holding strikes every 5 minutes.
BA cabin crew wake up the 1970s as long gone.The industry has moved on. Airlines like Alitlia and Iberia are financially bust and need government bail outs BA has been over manned for ever, I have worked at Heathrow for years and have family members who work for BA and they know they got a soft touch compared to most people who work at Heathrow.
British airways is absolute shit, worst airline ever!!!!!!! They need to stop all this striking business and give their staff what they want and improve their whole airline because its seriously awful!
Other airline, in particular Etihad, is a completely different experience the best flights i've ever been on is with Etihad and the worst British Airways!!!
British airways is absolute shit, worst airline ever!!!!!!! They need to stop all this striking business and give their staff what they want and improve their whole airline because its seriously awful!
Other airline, in particular Etihad, is a completely different experience the best flights i've ever been on is with Etihad and the worst British Airways!!!
fuck off and give the jobs to those who want it. live in real world where people work hard in every other job and dont keep running behind unions and holding their employers and customers to ransom you lazy bums.. as it is british airways have the unfriendliest snootiest hostesses...they are all old too.
if you think you are worth it then apply for another airline, if not then shut up or give your job to someone who would be grateful.
If I worked for a company that blew £4billion of the firms pension on the stock market then tried to make me take a pay cut to pay for their own bad financial management.I would be pissed.
There are lots more tales of BA remember if you are a BA worker and you spill the beans on any of this financial shenanigins you will be fired.
What!? being treated like dirt, working long hours for nothing ,watching your job being sliced up and given to other people,being made redundant in the middle of a recession regardless of experience and the loyal years to a company and a profession? Join the queue like everybody else.
*Sigh* I love how she says, "I'm not striking for more money, or better conditions. I'm striking because you forced me to." Did they force you too? I highly doubt it. It sounds like you dont even know what your striking for. In which case, why do it your just damaging your own job. You go on about your family but by striking, are you not making it worse for your family? If it's higher saleries you want then I can see were your coming from but it's not a skilled job.
This Union is really starting to portray itself as a BITCH (what I mean by bitch is basically just crying, complaining, seeking attention, whining, unable to see a 50 / 50 and this might be far fetched but they can't be arsed to analyze what the actual business is going through) If the jobs is THAT bad then there's the door use it. Otherwise if you do love BA that much then get your 50% of the deal and stfu! Jesus I'm not looking for another Union Soap Opera I just want to book a goddamn flight.
Although Managment run company's to try and earn a profit, (keeping themselves who for the most part are overated and over paid) and emplyee's in work, it seems that management these days tend to forget who it is that actually does the work and keeps them in profit and in a job. BA is just a symptom of what is wrong with this country now
The instant reaction to such events is usually that you end up taking sides. You either stick up with the unions or the employers. But it's not as simple as that.
Sometimes, employers DO take it far which is when unions can be constructive. Many times, the unions are a nuisance. The only solution is to work together to make a reliable framework for the relationship between unions and companies, since neither are dispensable.
Cabin crew are killing the company, best payed airline staff by miles, and who now wants to book with BA when then can strike at any time?? They are now striking to have their perks back they lost from the first strike, idiots!
Well done cabin crew! My friend was a BA cabin crew worker, she only lasted 2 years as the working conditions were awful. Yes there are people to take their jobs, but with out years of experiance what are we going to be left with? BA cabin crew are the best of the best. I'm backing you all 100%
Funny how so many people think that unions destroy companies rather than help them and protect peolpe. Take a look a Germany. They have some of the biggest and most successful brands in the world and the companies work hand in hand with the unions rather than fight them to the death. British companies could learn a lot from this. Oh and by the way, rampant unchecked capitalism got the UK into the current state, so good on the unions and crew for sticking up for their rights.
you really have to be out of your mind going on strike right now.
Would you rather strike and get very little or no improvement bring your company down, going bust, or just get on with it, wait for your company to be profitable and start again.
Pls dont talk about passengers. I had a holliday booked and coz of your strike I had to cancel. I am one of who is paying you. But i am not gonna fly BA.
OK well I am trying to comment on individual circumstances.
U r not backing what he is doing to the company - Do u understand that this company could go bankrupt very soon due to continuous losses??? Also the government is loosing tax. Not only the company travellers it is effects the country.
Well u r twelve and the company is 36 years old. You wont have a job if the company is not there.
Own FB page?? Every company has a policy about social WEBPs. I cant write wat i want
its all about the union is isn't, Labour has done its good, sometimes i really had enough of unions calling strikes every few months and messing up with everything :S sigh
whiney cabin crew with their comfortable pay cheques and free air travel. you guys should think before striking, the millions in this land who have no pay and never travel further than doncaster or brighton in their life.
@C3111 maybe you should go work for easy jet then and stop screwing up peoples travel plans which they have worked hard for. There are people who have it much worse and dont have greedy unions to stand up for them. If the figures you have mentioned are acurate then you earn enough money to live quite happily. Stop complaining!
I think BA is a shit airline.. the baggages always get lost and cabin crew is the most useless .. even the ryanair or easyjet crew is more accomodating... if you want to see how an airline should be run .. go check out emrites or singapore airlines.. too bad they dont fly everywhere and you need to take this shit BA airlines out of compulsion
Bring some indians and they will work hourly for the price of 1 poppodam pack or a chappati suck all these more money seekers lol.
By the way, British airways sucks...... stinks and dirty seats. Europe must Ban this Brutish - BriSHIT airline. I have travelled once, I was delayed, got my Laggage 1 week later..........i would never go with this BriSHIT airline ever again
@GenevaSwiss Oh great...i think that is called exploitation which is what unions PROTECT employees from. Dear God, you'll be sending children back up chimneys soon.....
i am a cabin crew for british airways and i dont get payed much. when they do pay me it late. i have lots qualifiers from universaty and they still pay me not much. that is why i smuggle cocaine
What a biased pile of shit. Many other airlines and crew have taken pay cuts. And BA are payeed some of the highest rates going. Ba's pilots have taken pay cuts, as have competing airlines such as Virgin Atlantic. This is a big uproar about individuals not being able to afford their sodding Mini coopers.
@Slimbellio14 How the hell would you know? And BA pilots took a 2.6% pay cut in return for share options. Hmmm...gave a away a lot then on £100k per year. BA crew are being asked to give up just about everything. Why on earth should they to pamper everyone else?
Willie Walsh seems to have made this dispute into a personal vendetta against cabin crew and the union. He is responsible for the damage this is causing the company, not to mention the impact on long serving staff and the travelling public. Shame on him!
Look you fucking morons, if you don't like the work conditions or any other aspect of the job then leave. No one forces you to work there. Why would anyone give a shit if you're a mother or someone who's had the job for x number of years, you work for the boss and you're expendable if you don't do your job.
So how about the rights of the BA crews at Gatwick which Unite were happy to sign away in 2007. Or the fact that crews who want to carry on working are feeling intimidated by the strikers and have no one to listen to their concerns because their union is more concerned about showing the size of its ****
Same old same old people in charge of business' that they have no back ground in. Its not all about makin cuts to make profits its about bringin extra income something Mr walsh obviously aint doin. He will cut B.A. to the bone make a killin for himself then move on and destroy another company for profit peopel like Mr Walsh use business' like B.A. as no more than stepping stones which is fine for him but its always the little people who get left to pick up the pieces. No surrender
You're having a laugh, aren't you ? I'm all up for employees' rights and against management bullies who serve their own wallet and not their organisation. But how on Earth will strike action help anyone when BA - due to wellknown extraordinary circumstances - has made losses that are worse than the hole in the company's pension fund...?
Usual one sided Union propaganda. People are just a number working in a business. BA will be dead in a few years if they don't reduce costs. A business exists to make profits, cold hard cash. They are not a charity.
Willie Walsh should do what was done in Aer Lingus a few weeks back with the cabin crew. When they voted against new proposals which were similar to BA's, the entire cabin crew were fired and to be re-hired under a new contract. The cabin crew very quickly accepted the new terms.
you both have forgotten about your clients........the passengers! Our long planned trip to Europe, the UK and France have been cancelled. Act like adults and resolve this, both parties.
"Help us fly the flag and get BA airborne again."??? BA is airborne. The militant cabin crew have not grounded the airline.
Unite leader Tony Woodley said yesterday that the only issues left were staff travel and disciplinary proceedings. Neither one of those has anything to do with the strike mandate.
This is a really biased view of this issue. They made no points about what the issue was besides BA IS BEING MEAN. The video would be much more effective if it actually had a point of some facts.
The acting in this is annoying.. Can you people actually get actors that understand emotions from personal experience not just people who know how to be dramatic. Im sick of "Pretty" people. They are the equivalent of a beat up old car with new paints and Rims. They look good but on the inside its all dead. If these two actually worked for B.A. i would say fire them both Quick
The union are acting on behalf of the cabin crew. They are the union, working class people defending their right to earn a decent living. After years of loyal service to make the airline a success why should the cabin crew leave. They have mortgages to pay and children to feed too. They are prepared to compromise but when the hierarchy are self indulgent with their share bonuses -lead by example - I think not!!
jmerc you need to be introduced to more high brow reading as the daily mail is clearly not providing u with a balanced picture. What ludicrous statements to make... i hope your salary is halved this year!
nice to see people still opening their mouths about something they know nothing about! Perks?!! Try looking at Iberia and Alitalia and see how much they earn compare to BA crew...a hell of alot more! They have chauffeured cars pick them up from home and taken to work!!!
About time something like this got out there. Can't put their point across in the press as HE has wined and dined them all!
@Lausieful: Know nothing about??? The truth is people forget that we are still in a recession, The economy is knackered, Men and women all over the UK losing jobs in their thousands everyday, if its not volcano ash hurting the industry its strikes from cabin crew, Our British soldiers are in Afghanistan putting their lives at risk for a mere 20k the country NEEDS to make serious cuts, and all you can think about is more money & being chauffeure driven from home to work from BA? lol. Perfect ex!
@jmerc0974 Let's not forget that it was uncontrolled corporate greed that got the bloody country into recession in the first place! Apart from our boys laying down their lives, bloody Brits are spineless these days. No one wants to stand up for anything anymore. That means you are too comfortable!!!
@garand No, unions represent the interest of workers where there excists no other form of representation. To simply label them as 'lazy d-bags' is not only dehumanising but is also plain wrong. Often, they work long hours, with crazy hours for little pay and they are fighting to be recognised as the important assetts they are necessary for the running of the company, and the brand image that has made BA respected. To be treated as disposable commodoties is immoral, anti-democratic and unjust.
@25CS Cabin crew are killing the company, best payed airline staff by miles, and who now wants to book with BA when then can strike at any time?? They are now striking to have their perks back they lost from the first strike, idiots!
@25CS More like good to see that employees are standing up to their managers and letting them know that management isn't the only part of the business. Shame on the management for being so shitty.
I think BA is a wonderful airline, but my whole point is the unions just take it too far and in the end I can only see BA filing for administration, exactly the same as every other British manufacturing industry has in the last 50 years. Then what will we all say? Proud to be British? BA is about the only thing we got left, its a business. If BA staff are not happy then why not leave and find another job? Nooooo, because they get looked after so well what other job is good enough?
@chetbaker68 Agreed. I think Wille is purposefully trying to lower the BA share price so that his mate Leary can buy it out and rename it British Ryanairways! Keep up the fight ladies.
BA is a pension fund that happens to own an airline. That airline pays its staff double what it's competitors do. No wonder it isn't competitive. BA's staff are great, but cost too much. How many more Pyrrhic victories for the union can BA sustain? We saw with the car industry the Unions turned from being a shield to a sword, and then wondered why the factories closed with 3 overpaid people for every job. How long for BA?
@Pyrosopher Ba is a part pension fund, 3.7 billion in defecit because BA have not been paying into it! They have also squandered hundred's of millions in fare fixing fines with the EU and USA and have bought aviation fuel in large quantities when the price was at its highest, costing more hundreds of millions. Sounds like British Leyland style management and cost savings.
@Paparoach1960 No Ba has been paying into it and it was in surplus in 1997 before gordon' Taxit' Brown got voted in by left loonies, It was Brown's tax on divided payment on share caused it, and who owns most of the shares of uk companys... pension hedge funds!, thats why all private companies have closed final salary schemes
I dont know what you know about the airline industry dear stevemoore1958, but if you want facts, Swissair, Lufthansa and Austrian are amazing airlines and staff are earning a net of 20.000 euro's a year, how do i know? Because my sister works for all three! Get you facts correct sir!
@Paparoach1960: Then as a human your wife has a choice. Leave and find another job if BA doesnt want to comply! Either that or try Asda on minimum wage.
This entire mess seems to pretty mcuh come down with one man's obsession to through his weight around BA. He should hang his head in shame for the way he has handled all negotiations (or not) over the last 18 months. If this man had stood down or just accepted that you cannot hold people to ransom for your own personl gain we would not be where we are now. DUNCAN HOLLEY you should be ashamed u have cost your colleagues a lot of money ifnot their careers. Your out of Ba... next step Bassa.
singers78 1 year ago
This is the truth , crew get bullied and harrassed, some are at the verge of suicide.
holamad 1 year ago
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MegaTrainspotter 1 year ago
@MegaTrainspotter Don't think BA ever made a Billion in one year ..
yachtno1 1 year ago
so what if they strike, Unite unionists are asking for their redunancies anyway!
GC0020 1 year ago
who gives a fuck? its business, and i am sure BA would be all sympathetic if the shoe was on the other foot. fuck em' welcome to competition idiots, go sign on
binkiie4dictator 1 year ago 2
with you all the way
grimkamban 1 year ago
What would I do? I would get on with it and not moan like the greedy little bitches that you are. I was jobless for 4 months. I would have loved a job while you greedy bastards were looking for excuses to strike
jonnyhall1 1 year ago
Damaging the company which has supplied them with a good lifetsyle, striking cabin crew are on another planet, and are forcing BA towards much more radical pruning of their department, than was otherwise necessary.
Walsh may not be the most liked CEO BA has ever had, but he is taking necessary steps, and should be supported.
antoinechantin 1 year ago
At no stage does this nice lady mention that the original reason given for striking in March was an objection for having to work a bit harder. NO pay-cuts ( in fact, a pay rise scheduled for most ), NO job losses, and a pitiful negotiating period of almost all of 2009, during a period when BA was losing 1 million pounds daily.
antoinechantin 1 year ago
bag \\\\\\\\\sorry i am a BA manager this strike is wrong willie walsh has got it i cant tell you who i am sorry.
luckylizard1 1 year ago
Now is the time to exploit the weaknesses of the Condem coalition. The emergency budget will force the public sector unions to ballot its members. The teachers and their assistants will ballot along with health workers. With Cameron agitating the CWU and the rail unions, a series of general strikes must prevail. The trade union movement have some old scores to settle. Say no to privatisation!
surreydockskodyerrus 1 year ago
Solidarity to our brothers and sisters at Unite/BASSA who are currently on strike. With the imminent national rail strike and with BT workers threatening industrial action; you are not alone. The Torys will never learn that privatisation doesn`t work. They will now attempt to privatise Royal Mail, the NHS and state education. Even Thatcher never thought of that!
surreydockskodyerrus 1 year ago
BA is no longer the flag carrier. It does not enjoy a state monopoly nor does it receive a government subsidy. This airline was finished the day it was privatised. It cannot compete with the smaller budget airlines. So the next time you fly to Malaga, Prague or Dublin for a bullseye, just remember that it is you, privatisation and lndustrial competiton who are responsible for the demise of BA.
surreydockskodyerrus 1 year ago 10
mr walsh for your customers sake please compromise on staff travel and get BA flying again.
luckylizard1 1 year ago
whiney communists should shut up and do their job
mpat1980 1 year ago
@mpat1980 thats very ignorant, you wouldnt be saying that if your job and conditions were under threat.
magicmayor 1 year ago
@tessleplar yes because BA are very close to going bust having just put over £300 million into their war fund, while they posted a loss this year of over £500 million
swine1 1 year ago
BA have lost £500 million in the last year. A faulty business model that doesn't suit the market needs changing to suit the market - a healthy business can create more jobs whilst an unhealthy business will crumble. BA is on the road to bankruptcy and Unite are pushing them over the edge. This is no time for class warfare.
indiebopper 1 year ago
What makes BA cabin crew so special? Redundancies across the UK, jobs being lost, theres a recession going on. CC may not like what management is doing but they have to keep the business survive! She's lucky to have the bloody job, like he said there is a line of people willing to do the job for lower pay.
FlightCrewWannaBe 1 year ago
Unite propaganda. Get back to work.
rimalg 1 year ago
Walsh's pay rise last year? 6% was it? pushing him over £3/4m. Plus a bonus opportunity of over £1m?
Get your snout out of the trough Walsh and start proper negotiations
And for all those saying that Cabin Crew are pushing BA towards going out of business - get real & don't automatically believe everything you read in The Sun, Dail Mail etc - BA have over £Billion cash stashed away - money that the cabin crew have helped to accumulate from previous years of profit,
Fezzer5050 1 year ago
Good luck to the Cabin Crew for having the bottle to stand up to the bullying BA Management.
All too often nowadays workers just accept any old cr@p which is thrown at them by Management.
You all have my total respect.
Fezzer5050 1 year ago
An excellent video. Manipulates the public into supporting the union. But frankly you should remember that it wasn't the management that turned the pilots against you it was your striking which means that Ba has to now cut costs in other departments.
anandgill 1 year ago
Get back to work you lazy bastards, so many people, myself included would die for your jobs. BA didn't cause the economic crash, we all need to tighten our belts. If the cabin crew can't be arsed working in an extrememly well paid job then I'll do it, and for a damn sight cheaper too. Cross the picket line cabin crew!
stu2025 1 year ago
You want to get airborne? Then get talking instead of wasting money on scabs and dubious law suits to try and undermine the democratic right to strike. Oh and sack little Willie - he's a total failure!
MrHistoryman45 1 year ago
Only one of each hundred applicants are selected for cabin crew which makes them unique and seemingly exempt from the commercial and financial constraints affecting the rest of us. Other airline staff rely on passenger revenue for their pay whereas cabin crews pay and allowances come from Drakes Bounty and Queen Anns Chest, or so they appear to believe. Please, leave fantasy land and enter the real world.
SidiRunner2 1 year ago
A question for the 'sack the lot of them' brigade who always seem to raise their ugly heads at times like these..........If your employer came to you tommorow and told you they were ripping up your contract of work which they gave you and changing it at a moments notice you would just accept it would you.?.....If your employer came to you tomorrow and told you they were paying of your fellow staff and making you cover the two jobs you would just accept it would you?
MegaTrainspotter 1 year ago
What a load of propaganda and biased views. BA cabin crew are one of the worlds best paid and well treated cabin crew yet they are still striking during a time of intense hardship for not only British Airways but for the Western world. The people striking should feel lucky to even have a good job during this current economical climate and should realise that this intense strike action is not helping them but helping the propaganda ridden union workforce.
dhboy123 1 year ago
If this continues, BA may go bust, and probably be bailed out, increasing a deficit in our Balance of payments from the government, or worse, get taken over by a foreign country, yeah, let's see how you like that, replacing all the British crew members with foreigners...see you later paypacket and contribution to the British economy! These crew members are just selfish!
alivenwell 1 year ago
Jobs are being lost everywhere, crew members are lucky that they still have a job...a strike is not what the British economy wants at this moment, people just don't see the bigger picture. If they want one of the biggest sectors in tourism to sink for the economy.
alivenwell 1 year ago
Firstly..jokes....secondly, I can't stand everyday looking at this bloody strike on the news, there's bigger things happening in the world, people dying in Thailand etc...This... is absolutely atrocious, how greedy can one be! average salary of a crew member at Virgin is 14k, British Airways 24k!!!!! Let's be honest here, it's common that the typical British labourer doesn't get the system, there will definitely be cheaper and more hardworking people to replace them.
alivenwell 1 year ago
BA management have an awful lot to answer for. Incurring a £121 million fine for price fixing, purchasing huge fuel reserves at peak prices and overseeing the disastrous opening of Terminal 5. They have now announced record losses of £531 million on top of a loss of £401 million for the previous year. This is the third consecutive year that BA have announced record losses.
surreydockskodyerrus 1 year ago 11
The union is killing the company and ALL the jobs within it.
Typical British attitude.
Best trained workers without work.
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chissiez1 1 year ago
Sacked for comments on her facebook page. 00:45 was that something like "perhaps you should kidnap their child and show it the real world" that comment was read by the mother of the child
1airways 1 year ago
ppl wanna stop spitting venmon on the unions
mickym80 1 year ago
This video clip says they are not striking for money or conditions ... so what on earth are they striking for and putting the company and their jobs at risk in the process?
afbk1 1 year ago
The only people are being Bullys are Unite, the days of trade unions are over, Left wing militants dont help companys, which employ people.
Striking for 5 days on a trot then repeating it, will drive customers away and they will remember that
BA and unite think they the government will bail them out it it goes bust, Dont count on it, we are broke.
If Ba does go bust the flight steward would have destoryed other people lives
A 1 day strike makes a point, 5 days kills the company
mrwideboy 1 year ago 4
@mrwideboy
if you dont have unions, you get exploitation,is that what you want
SuperBeverboy 1 year ago
disgusting video
mlg224 1 year ago 2
@mlg224 disgusting comment
swine1 1 year ago
But it is not okay when management are bribed with lucrative packages to ensure they act like a group of hired assasins to make decisions that would be indefensible if exposed to public scrutiny, which is why they never are. I have flown BA many times and always found their cabin crew service to be excellent and professional. BA is not a unique case. They will be the first of many firms using the banking crisis to reduce or limit workers fair remuneration.
RedRuthie34 1 year ago
I support the cabin crews' efforts to maintain their dignity at work and to earn a fair wage. If the "market" is always allowed to decide, then the gap between management and workers salaries will continue to widen to the detriment of society at large. Incentives for management are fine, as they are for the workers.
RedRuthie34 1 year ago
what a piece of shit. You ask people on this "website" to write to Mr Walsh but you don't give people the opportunity to reply to you!
Get back to work, grow up. Get your way BA will go down the pan. It's 2010 not 1970!!!
cavanfan 1 year ago
@cavanfan yes thats right BA is going down the pan isnt it... They only have £1.7bn in the bank, of which they put over £300 million in there this year, even though they posted a loss of over £500 million. This strike could have been ended before it started by Willie Walsh and it would have cost BA nothing... So what stopped him from ending it. Either his pride or he wants to break the union. One thing is clear though. He does not care about his passengers, otherwise there would be no strike!
swine1 1 year ago
I am a frequent flyer too and I don't want to fly with a customer service like Ryanair. That is why their salary is a bit better.
fabiogaucho 1 year ago
@fabiogaucho Ryanair's customer service is good! I've fly with Ryanair very often and i have no complaints about them...
scott5175 1 year ago
Iberia crew earn 40,000 + euros per year on average.
Virgin Atlantic cabin crew receive excellent package of several FREE flights every year to any of their world wide destinations. They are paid a good basic wage and when you include away from home payments and meal allowances ect they are very well paid.
luckylizard1 1 year ago
LOL! Laughing my ass off with this BS. "I'm a real person, not just a number.". Hilariously ridiculous.
razorfoundation 1 year ago
@razorfoundation yes very funny... Bet you would be laughing your head off if it was happening to you
swine1 1 year ago
informative video
luckylizard1 1 year ago
She has serviced the flight deck for 12years .Have you seen the pilots ,not very pretty ,these girls earn their money,ugly conditions to work under.
gunnerear57 1 year ago
You all need to get your facts right before commenting. As a frequent flyer and a businessman, I have seen the effects of the situation and the reality that the press dont want to report or seem to ignore . You and quite a few others (here and elsewhere) are feeding off twisted bits of reality fed to you by the media.
mrdygga6 1 year ago
The management guy made some pretty good points. I'm definitely backing him.
finnaz2 1 year ago
@finnaz2 And if i was your manager i would replace YOU with a polish immigrant good luck with your career.
luckylizard1 1 year ago
I work in the travel industry making many 1000 bookings a year I find it very hard to have faith in booking BA as do my customers. My experience with BA has been nothing short of a disaster....Sory but if there is an alternative ill be taking it....Good luck with you cause but I think your putting your comapny at risk.
nickoey1 1 year ago
Excellent portrayal of what is happening within British Airways.....
Well done....
Worldwideflyer 1 year ago
This video is quite simply the most insanely ridiculous interpretation of events. If only you crew knew what your self-destructing, cannibalistic union is bringing upon you.
At one time I felt sorry for you, for being brainwashed by such tunnel-visioned and transparent propaganda. Now, I just resent you for it. As do the other 35,000 people in this company, the general public, the media, and even the government.
For the love of God, will you people please start thinking for yourselves?
john0348 1 year ago
a xxx
john0348 1 year ago
Comments are biased
razanu2 1 year ago
This is so biased it's unbelievable. BA cabin crew are abusing their rights... I'm with BA all the way.
First of all, BA have reported losses of over $1 million per day due to volcanic activity. With further flight cancellations it's dead beat sure going to contribute to the liquidation of BA. Loss of customer faith and satisfaction leads to fewer flyers which in turn means employment cuts.
A silly and vicious circle caused by pointless Union action where it wasnt needed in the first place.
vin3e 1 year ago
this is one of the oldest sex fetishes in the book.
he is sitting there with an erection you stupid bitch.
if women only knew!, and they don't.
you see a lot of this in movies too, really charges the males balls up.
Ask me another question Tina?
TheRealBlackHair 1 year ago
I sincerely hope BA go to the wall. I'll enjoy watching the commies strike then, lol.
mil0oz 1 year ago
I wish most BA air hostesses looked like - very rare
sonnyshook 1 year ago
Plenty of people earning less out there in other jobs who work harder. It's not just passengers that are starting to resent BA staff.
KJGould 1 year ago
haaaa
watch?v=yAh5hQulIl4
tomyziom 1 year ago
Sorry but the majority of the British Workforce is threatened with the same thing "there are plenty more out there who are willing to do your job and for less". This is what the recession has brought to the majority of working people in this country and not just BA staff. Sad reflection of our times when some bosses do issue such threats to their staff and expect them cave in and accept what thrown at them. I am lucky not to have such bosses but I know people who have and its not nice.
Avalon041167 1 year ago
BA has looked after its staff with great perks and pay and now it is time the staff did their bit to help the company through the recession and cancel any strike action.. when the recession is over and if there is still a BA airlines then that would be the time to talk about any grievances.
benjihunter 1 year ago
Airlines are on the brink of bankruptcy.. the strike action is stupid, it helps nobody except justifies the existence of over paid Union bosses, if BA goes bankrupt and the staff have to find work with other airlines they will finally appreciate how good they had it.
benjihunter 1 year ago
their is no legal reason why a union can not go on strike. courts always favor the big corprate companys which is something thats got to change...
nextgengamesftw 1 year ago
Unbelievable, the greed & self-entitlement of the union and cabin crew - you could give them the earth but they'd still be going on strike for more. This is exactly why Britain doesn't have any industry left, or any worldly significance.
You'd think they were all highly skilled brain surgeons being forced to work for nothing - not some of the BEST PAID CABIN CREW in the world. If the union does destroy BA, it won't be helping them in their new careers as shelf stackers & McDonalds employees.
brandoH85 1 year ago
the crew is brilliant but unfortunately the company has no money and everyone is asking for more money I want to support them except I think that repeatedly striking on some of the busiest days is not the way to go. I do think the crew deserve better I'm just not sure that they can currently recieve better. I do agree that the company is bieng more heavy handed than it could
sleepyfatmonk 1 year ago
free the weed
ftpb1 1 year ago
Great video - well done!
j0m8s 1 year ago
I'd like to know what the script of this video is based on. It seems particularly biased and misrepresents both sides.
I sincerely doubt that this is a reenactment from an unedited conversation, and I also doubt that it happened in a darkened room in the style of an interrogation.
If they are quotes I doubt that they are spoken in the manner they were initially intended.
darketherealv2 1 year ago
what a waste of 2 minutes 15 seconds
grahammiddleton 1 year ago 2
the BA cabin crew are overpaid and should shut up and get on with it, ffs.
ColonelBlimp94 1 year ago
I think morally i do support the cabin crew but seriously, the one strike was enough, this proposed 20 day one was ridiculous, if you want public opinion to stay behind you don't ruin their holidays for horrible periods of time. They are also destroying the whole company by threatening strikes so often, they won't have a job if they keep doing this because I for one am weary of booking with BA because I don't want the hassle of a cancellation due to strikes.
RandomNameName 1 year ago
They should count themselves lucky that they even have a job at the moment. Given the current volatile state of the airline industry as a whole, they should get on with the job and wait until the recession has finished.
88baxter88 1 year ago
Pathetic, Unions are getting to big for their boots. The fact is that BA staff are getting paid a fair wage. What has happened to this country, no-one is prepared to do a hard days work anymore without moaning and bitching! Staff are going to end up bankrupting BA at this rate and then they will all be out of a job. There is a recession on, people need to button up accept there maybe a few pay cuts and then maybe we might just pull through it. We don't want to end up in a state like Greece.
xyzcab 1 year ago
Go back to work you lazy communists and stop the 'poor us' act! There are thousands of Britons begging for jobs! Be glad you have one!
Some of us work hard to earn money, to spend on flights with BA... We (your customers, the people who ultimately pay your wages) don't like it when our flights are cancelled because of a few easily-offended socialist wackos. IF you REALLY cared about your customers... you wouldn't be disrupting their travel plans by holding strikes every 5 minutes.
Reelaiah 1 year ago
Tell me these people aren't actually British. Their accents are terrible.
thursday1016 1 year ago
Get a Kleenex and get another job. You're striking this airline to death and causing real-damage to families and travelers.
ThePluess 1 year ago 2
BA cabin crew wake up the 1970s as long gone.The industry has moved on. Airlines like Alitlia and Iberia are financially bust and need government bail outs BA has been over manned for ever, I have worked at Heathrow for years and have family members who work for BA and they know they got a soft touch compared to most people who work at Heathrow.
gunnerear57 1 year ago
spell british right you fucking mong
adamparker09 1 year ago
boo hoo why dont you all get real jobs like a waitress(oh wait a minute you already are a waitress.
STEVENMACKIE500 1 year ago
British airways is absolute shit, worst airline ever!!!!!!! They need to stop all this striking business and give their staff what they want and improve their whole airline because its seriously awful!
Other airline, in particular Etihad, is a completely different experience the best flights i've ever been on is with Etihad and the worst British Airways!!!
livvo666 1 year ago
British airways is absolute shit, worst airline ever!!!!!!! They need to stop all this striking business and give their staff what they want and improve their whole airline because its seriously awful!
Other airline, in particular Etihad, is a completely different experience the best flights i've ever been on is with Etihad and the worst British Airways!!!
livvo666 1 year ago
message to cabin crew....
fuck off and give the jobs to those who want it. live in real world where people work hard in every other job and dont keep running behind unions and holding their employers and customers to ransom you lazy bums.. as it is british airways have the unfriendliest snootiest hostesses...they are all old too.
if you think you are worth it then apply for another airline, if not then shut up or give your job to someone who would be grateful.
GBJ83 1 year ago
If I worked for a company that blew £4billion of the firms pension on the stock market then tried to make me take a pay cut to pay for their own bad financial management.I would be pissed.
There are lots more tales of BA remember if you are a BA worker and you spill the beans on any of this financial shenanigins you will be fired.
Yehbytheway 1 year ago
My dad got sacked from his job, but he would never have gone on strike, he cares about his family.
WackoZacko1 1 year ago
What!? being treated like dirt, working long hours for nothing ,watching your job being sliced up and given to other people,being made redundant in the middle of a recession regardless of experience and the loyal years to a company and a profession? Join the queue like everybody else.
CHUTTS 1 year ago
*Sigh* I love how she says, "I'm not striking for more money, or better conditions. I'm striking because you forced me to." Did they force you too? I highly doubt it. It sounds like you dont even know what your striking for. In which case, why do it your just damaging your own job. You go on about your family but by striking, are you not making it worse for your family? If it's higher saleries you want then I can see were your coming from but it's not a skilled job.
red244 1 year ago
This Union is really starting to portray itself as a BITCH (what I mean by bitch is basically just crying, complaining, seeking attention, whining, unable to see a 50 / 50 and this might be far fetched but they can't be arsed to analyze what the actual business is going through) If the jobs is THAT bad then there's the door use it. Otherwise if you do love BA that much then get your 50% of the deal and stfu! Jesus I'm not looking for another Union Soap Opera I just want to book a goddamn flight.
DrPidi 1 year ago
Although Managment run company's to try and earn a profit, (keeping themselves who for the most part are overated and over paid) and emplyee's in work, it seems that management these days tend to forget who it is that actually does the work and keeps them in profit and in a job. BA is just a symptom of what is wrong with this country now
scatterbrain941 1 year ago
Talk about being over dramatic rofl! Just stfu and get back to work bitch!
Takeshiii 1 year ago
The instant reaction to such events is usually that you end up taking sides. You either stick up with the unions or the employers. But it's not as simple as that.
Sometimes, employers DO take it far which is when unions can be constructive. Many times, the unions are a nuisance. The only solution is to work together to make a reliable framework for the relationship between unions and companies, since neither are dispensable.
parthsna 1 year ago
this is such a failure, we all know the cabin crew and the unions are pushing it as far as possible
hanros98 1 year ago
Fuck you BA Strikers, fuck you and your cause, im not the only person whos tired of a new BA strike, get back to work
DX1MAN 1 year ago
Cabin crew are killing the company, best payed airline staff by miles, and who now wants to book with BA when then can strike at any time?? They are now striking to have their perks back they lost from the first strike, idiots!
MattyTeare 1 year ago
Well done cabin crew! My friend was a BA cabin crew worker, she only lasted 2 years as the working conditions were awful. Yes there are people to take their jobs, but with out years of experiance what are we going to be left with? BA cabin crew are the best of the best. I'm backing you all 100%
noisyamie 1 year ago
Funny how so many people think that unions destroy companies rather than help them and protect peolpe. Take a look a Germany. They have some of the biggest and most successful brands in the world and the companies work hand in hand with the unions rather than fight them to the death. British companies could learn a lot from this. Oh and by the way, rampant unchecked capitalism got the UK into the current state, so good on the unions and crew for sticking up for their rights.
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
you really have to be out of your mind going on strike right now.
Would you rather strike and get very little or no improvement bring your company down, going bust, or just get on with it, wait for your company to be profitable and start again.
ikar666 1 year ago
What a joke this video is.
CHigate100 1 year ago
Pls dont talk about passengers. I had a holliday booked and coz of your strike I had to cancel. I am one of who is paying you. But i am not gonna fly BA.
razanu2 1 year ago
U got morgages and of course the company have loans to pay. Either bankrupt or jobcuts.
razanu2 1 year ago
OK well I am trying to comment on individual circumstances.
U r not backing what he is doing to the company - Do u understand that this company could go bankrupt very soon due to continuous losses??? Also the government is loosing tax. Not only the company travellers it is effects the country.
Well u r twelve and the company is 36 years old. You wont have a job if the company is not there.
Own FB page?? Every company has a policy about social WEBPs. I cant write wat i want
razanu2 1 year ago
its all about the union is isn't, Labour has done its good, sometimes i really had enough of unions calling strikes every few months and messing up with everything :S sigh
Sukyhoi 1 year ago
(John 3:16) For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son, that whosover believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
andyboreland 1 year ago
whiney cabin crew with their comfortable pay cheques and free air travel. you guys should think before striking, the millions in this land who have no pay and never travel further than doncaster or brighton in their life.
T1carus 1 year ago
@C3111 maybe you should go work for easy jet then and stop screwing up peoples travel plans which they have worked hard for. There are people who have it much worse and dont have greedy unions to stand up for them. If the figures you have mentioned are acurate then you earn enough money to live quite happily. Stop complaining!
martinbovingdon 1 year ago
Unite will be happy when BA is dead on the ground - not before.
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chissiez1 1 year ago
rofl @ BA staff who strike- at least you have a job so don't complain!
sjhanfac3 1 year ago
Cabin crew are going to tank this company with strike action. And then everyone that has anything to do with BA will be out of a job.
Bravo.
dhodgson1000 1 year ago
Strike all you want dear. However if there are no cuts to your perks the company will go bankrupt and you'll be out of a job.
You even aware of how much the company has lost?
keinzeit01 1 year ago
BA staff are sometimes good sometimes useless, i would prefer to fly with asian airlines than western airlines, their hospitality is much higher!
horselee 1 year ago
Employers in Britain do not respect their employees and the last two governments have shown that they will not protect workers. What should we do?
AnEnemy100 1 year ago
@AnEnemy100 stand up for your rights....
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
I think BA is a shit airline.. the baggages always get lost and cabin crew is the most useless .. even the ryanair or easyjet crew is more accomodating... if you want to see how an airline should be run .. go check out emrites or singapore airlines.. too bad they dont fly everywhere and you need to take this shit BA airlines out of compulsion
oooTheNextRuleRooo 1 year ago
Bring some indians and they will work hourly for the price of 1 poppodam pack or a chappati suck all these more money seekers lol.
By the way, British airways sucks...... stinks and dirty seats. Europe must Ban this Brutish - BriSHIT airline. I have travelled once, I was delayed, got my Laggage 1 week later..........i would never go with this BriSHIT airline ever again
GenevaSwiss 1 year ago
@GenevaSwiss Oh great...i think that is called exploitation which is what unions PROTECT employees from. Dear God, you'll be sending children back up chimneys soon.....
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
i am a cabin crew for british airways and i dont get payed much. when they do pay me it late. i have lots qualifiers from universaty and they still pay me not much. that is why i smuggle cocaine
LibertinesGuy 1 year ago
This is a comedy, right?
leviathon2 1 year ago
What a biased pile of shit. Many other airlines and crew have taken pay cuts. And BA are payeed some of the highest rates going. Ba's pilots have taken pay cuts, as have competing airlines such as Virgin Atlantic. This is a big uproar about individuals not being able to afford their sodding Mini coopers.
Slimbellio14 1 year ago
@Slimbellio14 How the hell would you know? And BA pilots took a 2.6% pay cut in return for share options. Hmmm...gave a away a lot then on £100k per year. BA crew are being asked to give up just about everything. Why on earth should they to pamper everyone else?
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
Nauseating propaganda
deekomendez 1 year ago
They'll be stricking for good when the airline goes bankrupt!ECONOMIC CRISIS
have you ever heard of such words BA crew???what you all need is a reality check ditto
iwtfsg 1 year ago
Willie Walsh seems to have made this dispute into a personal vendetta against cabin crew and the union. He is responsible for the damage this is causing the company, not to mention the impact on long serving staff and the travelling public. Shame on him!
HBKatie 1 year ago
Look you fucking morons, if you don't like the work conditions or any other aspect of the job then leave. No one forces you to work there. Why would anyone give a shit if you're a mother or someone who's had the job for x number of years, you work for the boss and you're expendable if you don't do your job.
Fieldeluxe 1 year ago
Stupid people. If you don't like it fuck off to ryan air, see how you like it there. Realise you are just glorified waitresses.
The union do not care for the staff, the union cares for the union. Its not the 80's get back to work.
MrBigbadboo 1 year ago
So how about the rights of the BA crews at Gatwick which Unite were happy to sign away in 2007. Or the fact that crews who want to carry on working are feeling intimidated by the strikers and have no one to listen to their concerns because their union is more concerned about showing the size of its ****
MrOp86 1 year ago
Same old same old people in charge of business' that they have no back ground in. Its not all about makin cuts to make profits its about bringin extra income something Mr walsh obviously aint doin. He will cut B.A. to the bone make a killin for himself then move on and destroy another company for profit peopel like Mr Walsh use business' like B.A. as no more than stepping stones which is fine for him but its always the little people who get left to pick up the pieces. No surrender
jingo1963 1 year ago
You're having a laugh, aren't you ? I'm all up for employees' rights and against management bullies who serve their own wallet and not their organisation. But how on Earth will strike action help anyone when BA - due to wellknown extraordinary circumstances - has made losses that are worse than the hole in the company's pension fund...?
Loyalbrox 1 year ago
I really feel for you BA cabin crew. You really have been treated badly!
Pffft, next time you want to moan about poor pay and living conditions speak to people serving in the army. Or their family's.
BonzoDog1991 1 year ago
Usual one sided Union propaganda. People are just a number working in a business. BA will be dead in a few years if they don't reduce costs. A business exists to make profits, cold hard cash. They are not a charity.
Willie Walsh should do what was done in Aer Lingus a few weeks back with the cabin crew. When they voted against new proposals which were similar to BA's, the entire cabin crew were fired and to be re-hired under a new contract. The cabin crew very quickly accepted the new terms.
austinfoley81 1 year ago
i despise unions, but the BA staff have a point.
Somebodyouthere 1 year ago
Certainly interesting, but I would have preferred facts over melodrama
jackboyh 1 year ago 2
Thats why it is probably said, "Love your job, but never love your company, because you never know when your company stops loving you".
MsMarisha7 1 year ago
you both have forgotten about your clients........the passengers! Our long planned trip to Europe, the UK and France have been cancelled. Act like adults and resolve this, both parties.
kneelworship 1 year ago
"Help us fly the flag and get BA airborne again."??? BA is airborne. The militant cabin crew have not grounded the airline.
Unite leader Tony Woodley said yesterday that the only issues left were staff travel and disciplinary proceedings. Neither one of those has anything to do with the strike mandate.
diplomeuk 1 year ago 3
This is a really biased view of this issue. They made no points about what the issue was besides BA IS BEING MEAN. The video would be much more effective if it actually had a point of some facts.
SomethingSimpler 1 year ago 3
The acting in this is annoying.. Can you people actually get actors that understand emotions from personal experience not just people who know how to be dramatic. Im sick of "Pretty" people. They are the equivalent of a beat up old car with new paints and Rims. They look good but on the inside its all dead. If these two actually worked for B.A. i would say fire them both Quick
majikstranger 1 year ago 2
Looks like i picked the wrong week to give up striking
councilglasses 1 year ago
Looks like i picked the wrong week to give up striking
councilglasses 1 year ago
jaimeking ???? must be a BA pilot ?
stevemoore1958 1 year ago
@stevemoore1958 No, I think jaimeking probably tried to pull a BA stewardess and got blown out.....
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
The union are acting on behalf of the cabin crew. They are the union, working class people defending their right to earn a decent living. After years of loyal service to make the airline a success why should the cabin crew leave. They have mortgages to pay and children to feed too. They are prepared to compromise but when the hierarchy are self indulgent with their share bonuses -lead by example - I think not!!
stevemoore1958 1 year ago
jmerc you need to be introduced to more high brow reading as the daily mail is clearly not providing u with a balanced picture. What ludicrous statements to make... i hope your salary is halved this year!
MsSassyminx 1 year ago
Cabin crew are over paid and need to realise they are replaceable. They are putting lots of jobs at risk. Get back to work.
jaimeking1976 1 year ago 9
nice to see people still opening their mouths about something they know nothing about! Perks?!! Try looking at Iberia and Alitalia and see how much they earn compare to BA crew...a hell of alot more! They have chauffeured cars pick them up from home and taken to work!!!
About time something like this got out there. Can't put their point across in the press as HE has wined and dined them all!
Lausieful 1 year ago
@Lausieful: Know nothing about??? The truth is people forget that we are still in a recession, The economy is knackered, Men and women all over the UK losing jobs in their thousands everyday, if its not volcano ash hurting the industry its strikes from cabin crew, Our British soldiers are in Afghanistan putting their lives at risk for a mere 20k the country NEEDS to make serious cuts, and all you can think about is more money & being chauffeure driven from home to work from BA? lol. Perfect ex!
jmerc0974 1 year ago
@jmerc0974 Let's not forget that it was uncontrolled corporate greed that got the bloody country into recession in the first place! Apart from our boys laying down their lives, bloody Brits are spineless these days. No one wants to stand up for anything anymore. That means you are too comfortable!!!
Paparoach1960 1 year ago
Unions are killing the entire free world. They serve no purpose but to protect the lazy d-bags.
garand 1 year ago 3
@garand No, unions represent the interest of workers where there excists no other form of representation. To simply label them as 'lazy d-bags' is not only dehumanising but is also plain wrong. Often, they work long hours, with crazy hours for little pay and they are fighting to be recognised as the important assetts they are necessary for the running of the company, and the brand image that has made BA respected. To be treated as disposable commodoties is immoral, anti-democratic and unjust.
AFXE 1 year ago
Nice to see people standing up for their rights when treated like crap by their employer
25CS 1 year ago 3
@25CS Cabin crew are killing the company, best payed airline staff by miles, and who now wants to book with BA when then can strike at any time?? They are now striking to have their perks back they lost from the first strike, idiots!
MattyTeare 1 year ago
@25CS More like good to see that employees are standing up to their managers and letting them know that management isn't the only part of the business. Shame on the management for being so shitty.
stix42k 1 year ago
Great video!
soapwonder 1 year ago
I think BA is a wonderful airline, but my whole point is the unions just take it too far and in the end I can only see BA filing for administration, exactly the same as every other British manufacturing industry has in the last 50 years. Then what will we all say? Proud to be British? BA is about the only thing we got left, its a business. If BA staff are not happy then why not leave and find another job? Nooooo, because they get looked after so well what other job is good enough?
jmerc0974 1 year ago 6
I think willie has leary envy, BA is such a great airline compared the alternatives, its could do see the human side of this fight, go girls!
chetbaker68 1 year ago
@chetbaker68 Agreed. I think Wille is purposefully trying to lower the BA share price so that his mate Leary can buy it out and rename it British Ryanairways! Keep up the fight ladies.
Paparoach1960 1 year ago 2
BA is a pension fund that happens to own an airline. That airline pays its staff double what it's competitors do. No wonder it isn't competitive. BA's staff are great, but cost too much. How many more Pyrrhic victories for the union can BA sustain? We saw with the car industry the Unions turned from being a shield to a sword, and then wondered why the factories closed with 3 overpaid people for every job. How long for BA?
Pyrosopher 1 year ago
@Pyrosopher Ba is a part pension fund, 3.7 billion in defecit because BA have not been paying into it! They have also squandered hundred's of millions in fare fixing fines with the EU and USA and have bought aviation fuel in large quantities when the price was at its highest, costing more hundreds of millions. Sounds like British Leyland style management and cost savings.
Paparoach1960 1 year ago 4
@Paparoach1960 No Ba has been paying into it and it was in surplus in 1997 before gordon' Taxit' Brown got voted in by left loonies, It was Brown's tax on divided payment on share caused it, and who owns most of the shares of uk companys... pension hedge funds!, thats why all private companies have closed final salary schemes
mrwideboy 1 year ago
I dont know what you know about the airline industry dear stevemoore1958, but if you want facts, Swissair, Lufthansa and Austrian are amazing airlines and staff are earning a net of 20.000 euro's a year, how do i know? Because my sister works for all three! Get you facts correct sir!
jmerc0974 1 year ago
@jmerc0974 my wife has worked for BA for 25 years and she earns less that 20k euros, so get your facts right!
Paparoach1960 1 year ago 5
@Paparoach1960: Then as a human your wife has a choice. Leave and find another job if BA doesnt want to comply! Either that or try Asda on minimum wage.
jmerc0974 1 year ago