in today's Daily
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Pilots' leaders urged the new Government today to intervene in the British Airways cabin crew dispute, warning that a wave of strikes from next week threatened jobs.
Meanwhile, BA said a customer survey revealed that passengers preferred volunteer staff who stood in for striking cabin crew during seven days of action in March.
The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) wrote to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond and Business Secretary Vince Cable asking them to help convene fresh talks between the airline and Unite.
British Airways pilots have called on the Government to step in and try to break the deadlock between the Unite union and BA bosses, in a bid to avert 20 days of crippling strikes.
Thousands of Unite members will walk out for five days from next Tuesday, the first of a series of five-day stoppages in a bitter row over jobs, pay and staffing levels.