Article from BTNews 23 JANUARY 2017
BA brushes off strike
The latest strike action against British Airways ended at the weekend with the airline claiming it had operated nearly all flights throughout the dispute and as of 21:00 on Saturday the schedule was “operating as normal”.
A terse statement from BA said merely: “The industrial action by Mixed Fleet Unite on Thursday 19, Friday 20 and Saturday 21 January has concluded.” There was no comment from either side on next steps.
Earlier in the week, BA pledged to operate 99% of its total scheduled programme during the action, which began at a minute past midnight on Thursday. It said 24 flights had been cancelled, but a number of short-haul flights would be merged.
The result, the airline said, was that “our flight programme is running as planned and we are going to fly all customers to their destinations”. All long-haul services to and from Heathrow, plus BA flights to and from Gatwick Airport and London City operated as normal.
The walk-out was staged by BA's 'mixed fleet' cabin crew, who make up around 15% of the airline's total cabin staff and who Unite claims are being paid “poverty” wages, a claim BA has denied.
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