Poll: Do you support the BA Cabin Crew 12 day strike at Christmas?

Do you support the BA Cabin Crew 12 day strike?

  • Yes

    Votes: 94 12.5%

  • No

    Votes: 656 87.5%
  • Total voters
    750
  • Poll closed .
Berserker said:
It's quite simple really - you're paying for knowledge and experience. That might not count for much if you're stacking shelves (it might take a week to train someone else to do that job), but in a skilled job knowledge counts for a lot (you might be facing several months down time if they left).
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Tenure is no guarantee of performance or knowledge in any job, pay raises or bonuses should be based on performance, not tenure. If the experienced staff are better, they will earn more anyway under that system.
 
z3b3dy said:
1K?

Have upgraded the in-flight entertainment systems at all? I'm in that seat on the 1st January and am hoping that it's better than when I was in it last time.
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1K yes. IFE will updated together with the roll-out of the new F cabin.
The IFE is going to be as in the photo on your flight.

Enjoy. BA F is generally very good, even with the now dated cabin.
I take it you're a Gold, or higher, based on the fact you have reserved row 1? ;)
 
Killajaz said:
1K yes. IFE will updated together with the roll-out of the new F cabin.
The IFE is going to be as in the photo on your flight.

Enjoy. BA F is generally very good, even with the now dated cabin.
I take it you're a Gold, or higher, based on the fact you have reserved row 1? ;)
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Do you know when the F cabin is coming out, having mainly done AF/LH/Swiss for the last year this is my first long-haul trip with BA in 18 months.

On a 747 normally row one but I've just checked and I'm on a 777 so am in 2k which is a bit quieter.
 
If I were in charge of BA I think I'd be getting in contact with the now ex-Globespan employees; I'm sure they'd happily undertake the BA work at the current, if not reduced rate of pay/holiday :p
 
z3b3dy said:
Do you know when the F cabin is coming out, having mainly done AF/LH/Swiss for the last year this is my first long-haul trip with BA in 18 months.

On a 747 normally row one but I've just checked and I'm on a 777 so am in 2k which is a bit quieter.
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The rollout of new F was planned to start at the end of this year. I believe it has been slightly postponed due to the not so good results of BA.
 
Am happy the Courts stopped this insanity!
Have already bought a different flight with BMI for Tuesday cause I couldn't wait for BA to get it sorted as I might have been stuck in Glasgow if the the strike went ahead. At least BA has transferred the flight to a later date so I can go home in the New Year as well:cool:.
I will still continue to fly BA though, simply cause they have always provided excellent service whenever I've flown with them.
 
Dolph said:
Tenure is no guarantee of performance or knowledge in any job, pay raises or bonuses should be based on performance, not tenure. If the experienced staff are better, they will earn more anyway under that system.
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And I'm quite sure that you will have a reliable, fair and foolproof way of assessing the relative performance of cabin crew and wille able to offer your expertise to BA.

Care to share with us mere mortals :confused:


Maybe the bankers would like to implement your imaginative ideas?
 
Dolph said:
Tenure is no guarantee of performance or knowledge in any job, pay raises or bonuses should be based on performance, not tenure. If the experienced staff are better, they will earn more anyway under that system.
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I'm pretty sure long-term staff stay in a job by being good at what they do, or have you uncovered some crazy new scheme whereby a company rewards poor performance? :confused:
 
stockhausen said:
And I'm quite sure that you will have a reliable, fair and foolproof way of assessing the relative performance of cabin crew and wille able to offer your expertise to BA.

Care to share with us mere mortals :confused:


Maybe the bankers would like to implement your imaginative ideas?
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Ever thought that the banks (well RBS at least) have already moved away from length of service pay rises to performance related?
 
10,000 miles for economy bookings, 25K for club/first :)

And, um, I forgot to put on the exec club num when I booked club for mum/sis.....so...calling BA to grovel now...:o
 
dirtydog said:
I hate to say it but you don't seem to have much experience of the world of work, if you really think that.
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Nor do you, you don't get to be senior cabin crew on longhaul without being good at your job and working your way up.

People are acting like they get these higher wages just by staying there forever.
 
The courts have confirmed that changing staffing levels does not constitute a contractual change (thank god, otherwise it would have been utterly unworkable) as Unite lose their latest court case to BA.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8523758.stm

They have also confirmed that introducing new contracts for new starters has no impact on the contracts of existing staff.

Will be interesting to see if the Union continue to push ahead with another completely unreasonable strike...
 
Well I'm glad the courts have some sense.

They will probably strike and further hinder the recovery of BA. :(.

I need to book tickets for four people to Canada this summer and would normally use BA. With this strike looming over them I will be booking with another airline.
 
Lol, bunch of tards. The air travel industry is cut throat as it is, and if the public loses confidence, one of the main things BA still has left, then its all over.

Short sighted morons.
 
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