BA carrying on with the operation?
This is turning into an absolute disaster for BA - they are running circa 50% of their schedule, with many flights carrying very few passengers and a number of services departing empty.
The fact that a number of volunteers have not been required is due to the numbers of passengers on-board that means flights can leave with only 8 crew.
Many people on this forum over the last few months have made numerous comments such as:
1 Strike over in 2 hours
2 No-one will strike
3 First strikers sacked on day 1
4 All strikers locked out
Etc etc etc
Very few people, Mr Walsh included, envisaged this dispute running for the full 3 days with the level of support that the strike has had - and what you have to understand is that those who went on strike this weekend will be on strike next weekend as well. BA's management have grossly misjudged the commitment of their employees to taking strike action.
And for what it is worth - even I am surprised at the levels of support