Jordan is right,- the industry at the moment faces the dire prospect of the customers getting hacked off with the hassle and the aggravation being imposed upon them without having to put up with the added ingredients of strikes,- be they BMI people in September or Stansted's next weekend.
This one looks as if it is more generated by miffedness at 2.4% being imposed rather than about 2.4% itself. BMI lost money for 4 years and then made a bit over £ 5 million last year,- a very low return for those who take the investment risks and navigate the company through all the regulatory , legal and other obstacles which daily frustrate all those trying to manage a business.
A strike will only alientate customers, reduce future profits,- and therefore pay increases,- and risk destroying jobs and terms and conditions rather than improving them. Useful for venting spleen maybe, but little else. Everyone in this industry needs to understand that it is customer driven and if holidays, trips to relatives, business trips are ruined it will come back to bite us all. There is no sympathy out there in the real world.