I am always blown away at how freely people seem to feel about commenting on the career prospects and T&C's of other people.
Naturally BA customers are going to be affected by any industrial action that any group of BA employees vote to take.
The issue here is a grievance that the BA pilots have with the BA management, THATS THEIR BUSINESS. People are going to be affected by this industrial action, this is hardly a shock, just as patients are affected by nurses strikes, pupils by teachers strikes.
Taking strike action is a right that any employee has that belongs to a trade union. Of course people have the right to an opinion, but, ultimately, apart from inconvenience, all the why's and therefore's are actually none of their business.
All the professional women and men that fly BA's planes, day in, day out are trying to do is to protect what they have and to protect what their future colleagues should have.
BA is hardly on the bread line, greed is the only thing that is driving the current management team at BA. They do have a MASSIVE agenda which they are keeping quiet about. They are limited for growth at Heathrow, instead of p*ssing off the entire customer contact staff ( which currently accounts for only 30% of the workforce ) their growth plans should be looking towards a merger or an aquisition and not the cheapening of an icon within the aviation world.