BA cabin crew strike ballot!
Having failed to agree with the company, BASSA and CC89 are to ballot their members for industrial action. The reason behind this is the company's insistance that the Jan 2004 pay award be linked with a new sickness policy. Cabin crew sickness is on average 22 days per year, however BA have little compassion for granting any requests for days off, etc...
Currently, many flights are being cancelled or have premium cabins closed due to a shortage of cabin crew - due to high sickness levels, poor morale and the fact that they are only able to train 90 new cabin crew per month; which barely covers the number of crew going on maternity leave!