A large portion of the membership are fighting to retain jobs and minimise the depth of the pay cuts
BA never intended or mentioned a pay cut. The Union offered the company to cut crew pay, without consulting crew first.
The members who have respected the democratic decision to make this stand also have mortgages to pay and are making this stand for the benefit of all (including the strike breakers).
You could also argue that those who broke the strike kept revenue coming in, for the benefit of all including the strikers. No revenue, no airline, no job. Wouldn't be easy, 13,000 crew flooding the market for work at the same time.
The tag of a strike breaker is one you will wear for the rest of your lives and take in to your grave. The dirty looks on flights and comments at social functions will continue forever.
Yes you can clearly tell a strike breaker from a striker by looking at them.
Masked Goatrider, I'm sure you'll be one of those throwing dirty looks at 'social functions', and on flights, as you are crew, commuting from Melbourne???
The standing ovations from passengers in T5 must have been quite intimidating for the crew.
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