Sorry, but every strike up till this one, across the whole airline, not just CC, staff travel has been withdrawn and then given back in the settlement agreement, so no reason for CC to expect it to be any different this time.
As said before, this time the CEO was far more vocal re ST, and the permanent loss thereof, than before, but even so, I can see why CC thought it would be restored this time.
In fact, I am ambivalent re staff travel - suppose some time in the future a group of employees have a genuine grievance, which ultimately leads to a strike, there is now a precedent for them to lose ST, or at least seniority, it may not always be justified, even if this time BASSA have, effectively, created a situation where the loss of ST seems justified.
Last edited by just an observer; 28th April 2010 at 20:05.