MissM I do not ask this in a confrontational way - simply as a plain set of questions. Help me understand. Yes, I know that BA has been lowering the quality of it's product but IA ain't going to change that and if the mgmt decide to ruin their product - that is for their customers to vote on.
Never ever in the history of this company has a particular group ever been punished in this manner for withdrawing their labour. Pilots were never exposed to such threats. Neither were ground staff. I remember they were being awarded for coming into work by being given further staff travel benefits. Why cabin crew?
Because:
- You are going on strike in the depths of a recession
- You are well paid people when the unemployment trend is steadily up
- Your jobs are (we are told) safe with no enforced redundancies
- Your colleagues at Gatwick accepted these changes to protect their jobs - why not Heathrow staff?
- Other groups of staff in BA have(we are told) agreed revisions to Ts&Cs
- We know that all folks across the country have had to accept changes to their living and working conditions ever since the recession of 1989/92. (some earlier, some later than that)
- Why not cabin crew?