As I said many posts ago.....BA staff must enter the real world or suffer the consequences.
First, most realists have known for donkey's years that BA staff had a pretty good deal, certainly in comparison with most other UK Operators. Now they are largely taking the p...!
Second, with the exception of a fortunate few, most people in this industry have taken a fairly severe hit in recent years....not just pay and conditions but their jobs! Low cost for passengers means low income for the rest of us.....airports, handling agents, caterers, individuals etc almost ad infinitum.
Third, passengers have a choice....they will not tollerate the uncertainty of strike affected operators and services. They have commitments, deadlines, recreational arrangements which they wish to keep.....they will, indeed are using alternative carriers. If they find that such carriers meet their needs they will stick with them. Why risk the regular uncertainty and carelessness of BA?
Fourth, do you remember British Leyland, the National Coal Board, the British Shipbuilding Industry, the Steel Industry and lots of other household names either long gone or seriously diminished because they kept holding people to ransom?
Although there will inevitably be some justified complaints amongst the BA CC, (as there are in all industries and jobs), strikes invariably do more harm than good...........as Winston Churchill said, 'Jaw Jaw is better than War War!'.
H49