BA to strike

Cr0fty said:
So does this mean that all flights will stop for BA until 2Jan? I have booked flights for the 28th Dec to Amsterdam, returning on 30th. I hope it doesn't all go **** up!
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You won't have any cabin crew, it just means you have to get up and go to the end of the plane to pick up your dinner.
 
I love BA, but I'm beginning to think that BA going into Administration and being bought out similar to what happened with SWISS would be the best solution.

No more huge pension deficit, no more over paid FA's, can start again and not recognise unions (ala Ryanair) and sack the old guard FA's who resist all changes.
 
Out of interest does anybody know how much the cabin crew are paid and what their conditions are? what perks they get?
 
On the news today they said they were getting paid £29,000 a year where as ryan air was £20,000 and virgin was £14,400!!
 
Meridian said:
Whether you consider the strike justified is another matter
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well tbh.. its not the 1920s and we're not all living in Yorkshire pit villages with only one major employer so even without knowing or really caring much at all about what this strike is about I'm going for the its not justified option.
 
Even without perks that is a pretty decent wage imo for what is essentially being waiter/waitress and knowing how to open a door if somehow you've survived an accident
 
dowie said:
so even without knowing or really caring much at all about what this strike is about
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Perhaps you should've started a thread in GD? This is a thread about BA striking not about whether you think unions are necessary in the 21st century.

I don't think this is justified anyway. If the figures quoted here are correct then BA cabin crew are already paid well over the odds compared with their colleagues at Virgin, RyanAir, etc. - Striking when threatened with redundancies I can understand but striking because BA are imposing a two year pay freeze when the company is losing money and paying their staff well seems bang out of order to me. It just seems greedy.
 
Dolph said:
Looks like we will be adding ba to the list of companies killed by unions at this rate...
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Just like the Unions killed GM. British Airways staff will soon find Ryanair isn't as enjoyable to work for if they carry on like this.
 
Rotty said:
around £30k according to Radio 5 earlier, perks are huge afaik
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yea was on skynews aswell BA have been releasing all the details of how much they are paid etc lol.

almost double the pay of one of the other airlines and a fair bit more than the rest some guy was saying its hard to feel sorry for the highest paid cabin crew in the industry
 
They may also effectively get free holidays, depending on flights times etc.

I never agree with striking, especially when it has a massive negative effect on the general public whom this has nothing to do with.

Edit: Highest paid too? I bet they wouldn't take a paycut to stop the job cuts eh?
 
And the other side of the coin is.....They get paid well because it's unsociable hours - often nights and weekends (You'll be in Sydney possibly, when the rest of your family would prefer to see you at home).

If they are long haul, they can be away from home up to 2-3 days at a stretch, speak multiple launguages, cope with awkward/drunk sick passengers etc....You also may have to work 5-6 days at a stretch and get 5 days off (with frequent changes to the schedule) - And a lot of airlines force staff to retire at 50.

I wouldn;t say all that hassle would be worth £30,000 a year - but each to their own.

And as for the striking at this time of year......well, I don't agree one bit.
 
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divosuk said:
And the other side of the coin is.....They get paid well because it's unsociable hours - often nights and weekends (when the rest of your family would prefer to see you).

If they are long haul, they can be away from home up to 2-3 days at a stretch, speak multiple launguages, cope with awkward/drunk sick passengers etc....You also may have to work 5-6 days at a stretch and get 5 days off (with frequent changes to the schedule) - And a lot of airlines force staff to retire at 50.
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Surely it's a supply and demand thing. You honestly think if they dropped the salary to 25k they'd have no applicants?:p
 
But the reason it's an above average wage is because it's a particularly demanding job (especially if you are a married person with kids and a family)

The fact you are getting a holiday for free soon becomes boring.
 
and thats no different to any other large airline company. So that argument is pointless
 
Greedy ***** who only think of themselves. Sack them all, hire new people who appreciate the value of actually having work in these times.
 
divosuk said:
And the other side of the coin is.....They get paid well because it's unsociable hours - often nights and weekends (You'll be in Sydney possibly, when the rest of your family would prefer to see you at home).
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The average salary for BA’s 14,000 cabin crew, including bonuses and allowances, is £29,900, compared with £14,400 at Virgin Atlantic and £20,200 at easyJet. BA’s pilots earn an average of £107,600, compared with £89,500 at Virgin and £71,400 at easyJet.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6466748.ece

are you cabin crew at BA? how can you defend them :rolleyes:
 
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