For the record....YOU CANNOT BE SACKED FOR LEGAL STRIKE ACTION
er - yes you can. A legal tribunal down the road may agree you were unlawfully sacked - but sacked you will have been. For sure compensation will be awarded but you wont get your job back.
I think its pretty obvious WW is planning to do this - ordinarily he would get slated in the press for carrying out such an action but the spin of stopping people christmases from being ruined will suffice to let BA win the media war and WW to come out of it reputation enhanced with the City
Be careful..
Is there a precedent in the UK for such a mass sacking, or at least a threat of it?
If the sacking threat is made, then surely the reality will be that those who fail to show up for their shift will claim they are sick. Result -most flights are still grounded BUT with thousands of pax in Terminals around the globe clutching their apparently valid tickets ! Will WW risk that one?