So lets work this out - during a potential strike, BA will have access to :-
-c.2000-3000 volunteers
-majority of gatwick crew (who gain little from this strike) - 3,000?
-CC who have left BA & being invited back from their previous short term 12 month contracts
-(1000/2000 ?) CC who are not members of the union
-cabin crew that decide they are not striking
TOTAL 7,000-10,000 perhaps ?
With a cabin crew number of c.13,000 (many of those are part time (anyone know what % are?/others must be taking unpaid leave), does the above number of people not enable BA to run a good operation ?
They can even use the oneworld partners on certain routes to take customers/put on bigger planes, enabling BA to cancel those flights ... high frequency routes can have certain flights cancelled, whilst customers are still accommodated ..... planes can be operated with legal minimum crew rather than the number BA put on ... there are so so many options - I wonder how many of the YES voters have thought about this
Nobody knows what could happen, but it has the potential for many CC to lose their jobs, which no one wants as there are some great people in BA and that would be a real shame (& where do you get a new well paid job in this recession?)
Whatever the CC believe, Mr Walsh will not back down and you must remember its him that pays their wage each month, not BASSA
LTF