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Old 2nd Jul 2017, 11:34
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Let's get the facts straight

Some BA cabin crew are on strike, the word is some, not all. The % on strike is low. The remaining cabin crew do not feel they should take part or support the small % of cabin crew. That's their decision and nothing anyone from Doha can or will comment on. The reason for the strike is ????? Maybe you should try and find the exact reason for their (cabin crew) dispute.

No pilots at BA are taking or supporting any industrial action. That is their decision and nothing anyone from Doha can or will comment on. Had pilots at BA been striking, then this may of been a different story and your thread may of been relevant. The fact is their own colleagues are not even supporting them. Sad but true. The reasons I do not know.

Our crew from Qatar, both flight crew and cabin crew, are working as required on a wet lease contract. They are acting professionally and under unusual circumstances. To say they are doing a good job in such circumstances and short notice is an understatement. The amount of planning and roster alteration in such a short time scale has been achieved and the logistics undertaker to move both aircraft and crew is amazing. You only have to try and think about hotel accommodation alone and you have an idea of the vast scale of this operation.

Please get your facts correct before using such words as Scabs with reference to what is happening at LHR.

I have to say that what I have seen over the last few days from our crew makes me feel proud I working with such mature and professional crew members, from all levels including management all the way down to the local drivers who are transferring crew. A warm welcome is also being received from all BA ground staff menebers at LHR as well.

The passengers boarding our aircraft are thankful and grateful their travel plans are not being disrupted.

Amazing job done so far from all management involved in sorting this out and all crew involved in putting it into action. Well done all involved from the top to the bottom.

Comments made here on this thread referring to other industrial action taken at other times around the world maybe different from what is happening now at BA. This is Cabin crew from another company and only a small % of such who are not being supported by their own work colleagues.

As BA say, We are here to serve.

Maybe you should start a thread on another forum asking would BA staff be considered scabs ?

Move along, nothing to see here.

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Old 2nd Jul 2017, 14:21
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Tongue-in-cheek moment....

Extract from the Independent.

BA Passengers expecting strike delays get luxury upgrade

Neil Taylor, who was aboard the flight to the Estonian capital, said: "There was amusement at the start, when the pilot announced that we were heading for Tallinn in Ukraine, but he was quickly corrected."
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Old 2nd Jul 2017, 14:56
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Originally Posted by Black Pudding
Let's get the facts straight

Some BA cabin crew are on strike, the word is some, not all. The % on strike is low. The remaining cabin crew do not feel they should take part or support the small % of cabin crew. That's their decision and nothing anyone from Doha can or will comment on. The reason for the strike is ????? Maybe you should try and find the exact reason for their (cabin crew) dispute.

No pilots at BA are taking or supporting any industrial action. That is their decision and nothing anyone from Doha can or will comment on. Had pilots at BA been striking, then this may of been a different story and your thread may of been relevant. The fact is their own colleagues are not even supporting them. Sad but true. The reasons I do not know.

Our crew from Qatar, both flight crew and cabin crew, are working as required on a wet lease contract. They are acting professionally and under unusual circumstances. To say they are doing a good job in such circumstances and short notice is an understatement. The amount of planning and roster alteration in such a short time scale has been achieved and the logistics undertaker to move both aircraft and crew is amazing. You only have to try and think about hotel accommodation alone and you have an idea of the vast scale of this operation.

Please get your facts correct before using such words as Scabs with reference to what is happening at LHR.

I have to say that what I have seen over the last few days from our crew makes me feel proud I working with such mature and professional crew members, from all levels including management all the way down to the local drivers who are transferring crew. A warm welcome is also being received from all BA ground staff menebers at LHR as well.

The passengers boarding our aircraft are thankful and grateful their travel plans are not being disrupted.

Amazing job done so far from all management involved in sorting this out and all crew involved in putting it into action. Well done all involved from the top to the bottom.

Comments made here on this thread referring to other industrial action taken at other times around the world maybe different from what is happening now at BA. This is Cabin crew from another company and only a small % of such who are not being supported by their own work colleagues.

As BA say, We are here to serve.

Maybe you should start a thread on another forum asking would BA staff be considered scabs ?

Move along, nothing to see here.
The QR flight attendants are flying struck work so they are scabs. I'm not saying this is an easy position for them with the laws in the Middle East being what they are. I could be wrong, what am I missing?
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Old 2nd Jul 2017, 15:38
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Before you cast aspersions on the QR CC please remember there are up to 1000 ground staff that hold recency as CC, who will no doubt be flying as CC during this period. I can comprehend that their positions may not be comfortable but as with the majority they undertake the duties they are assigned.
What is more important is that AC & WW resolve the issues, AC has been in charge now for CC industrial actions going back to last year, collapse of the booking system and withdrawal of services on shorthaul. His tenure as CEO must be limited by now! Losses must be starting to stack up and there will be nil bonuses or pay rises for the majority this year!
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