The Truth - BA cabin crew put their case

British Airways cabin crew outline what the dispute is about (their identities are protected for fear of retribution). Visit the campaign page at: www.unitetheunion.org/ba

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[2010strike]

Disgusting that the BA Executives award themselves £3miliion in shares a day before the strike.

Airline in crisis? I dont think so. The company is being run by a bunch of incompetants hell bent on lining their own pockets before moving on to their next victims.

Sadly - it will be the staff left to pick up the pieces and rebuild all ties within each department of the company which has now been torn apart by back stabbers, scabs and untrustworthy pilots.

[TheSAH1973]

@MrHistoryman45

Willie Walsh is a CEO of one of the UK's biggest companies, so you can hardly compare what his basic earnings should be versus a member of cabin crew. Be realistic. There are senior cabin crew at BA earning £50 - 60k salaries once allowances are taken into consideration. I do appreciate the contracts for new joiners aren't as lucrative but it’s a reasonable salary for the type of work and at the end of the day, if it isn't enough, choose another career.

[bermudarailway]

If so many people think that crew are overpaid and have a cushy lifestyle,well the job was there why didn't they go for it ?

[stublue44]

flying waiters and cleaners.

[yachtno1]

I thuink there are 2 sticking points.Travel concessions (which are are not part of the contract) and the re-instatment of staff dismissed due to gross misconduct. The most notable being that total Idiot Holley!

[MrHistoryman45]

@TheSAH1973 The cabin crew offered a pay cut as part of a deal to resolve the situation. By all accounts BA is keen the main problem now is the refusal to restore travel concessions taken away during the strike. I appreciate that with your view of unions you will probably think its reasonable but no union will ever settle on those terms, Walsh knows it and is using it to prolong the strike to try and break the union.

[TheSAH1973]

@MrHistoryman45 Is that accurate? Are crew really being asked to take a pay cut? I don't think so. New joiners are to be offered more flexible contracts and CSDs are being asked to participate in service routines on LH flights.. existing crew aren't being asked to take pay cuts unlike other work groups within the company!

[MrHistoryman45]

@TheSAH1973 You ignore the important difference between middle and lower management and Walsh and the other fat cats sat at the top. None of Walsh's cronies have lost their jobs and they still award themselves increasing bonuses - while the cabin crew offered a pay cut! Not much sacrifice from the boys in the boardroom as usual.

[TheSAH1973]

@MrHistoryman45

Win-win for the management? Tell that to the 1,000s of BA managers who have lost their jobs over the past 5 yrs - I didn't see the Cabin Crew coming out in their support? In a bid for survival, everyone at BA is having to make sacrifices, it is nonsense to suggest otherwise. But the crew, rather than do their bit seem bent on destroying the company. It's disgraceful.

[MrHistoryman45]

@TheSAH1973 I think its very realistic to note Walsh gets increased share options worth more than most employees earn in ten years despite the fact he is presiding over ever increased losses. It is amusing to see how people like you justify their telephone number earnings on the basis of their 'success', yet when they fail they get multi million pound pay outs. Win, win for the management, loose, loose for the workers.

[TheSAH1973]

@Worldwideflyer

You are in no position to question my frequent flyer status...and I'm afraid you are also sadly mistaken. I work for a large multinational company and, like me, many of my colleagues fly frequently. Unlike me, many of them prefer BA (I choose other carriers where I can as I know I get better service). However, they too share my disbelief at this strike. Stop kidding yourself...the public are not behind you on this!