myth conceptions
Was recently chatting to a few collegues regarding the IA. one is a confirmed Vriginite and the other swears by BA. Both were shocked when i pointed out that the strike was by 4000 ish BA staff and that the rest of the BA staff, loaders, pilots ramp ect had no problem with it at all..no idea of what number constitute "the rest of BA" but they both found it appaling that 4000 may be able to dictate and threaten the lively hood of possible 30, 000?
Of course the conversation got around to staff travel, we have just had our travel allowance removed. so initially sympathy abounded until i mentioned people are crying aout flying to work..living in portugal or some foreign country and working UK. Expletives abounded. The result was best described as " own bloody stupid fault" or " well do what ordinary people do, move house close to where you work!"
Do the strikers have any inkling of the lack of support and in a lot of cases despise they engender from members of the public and users of BA's services?