Unite are in a daydream!
Listening to Simpson on BBC at lunchtime today I thought what bad luck for the striking BA CC to have joined such a dumb union. Simpson was absolutely convinced that BA had called the strike! Mr Simpson please remember UNITE CALLED THE STRIKE, not BA. This has to be a nail in the coffin for unions that cannot negotiate properly on behalf of their members. The writing was on the wall for all BA crew - both flight deck and cabin - and there was never any doubt that serious economies had to be made. It is the managements job to manage and they are working hard to get the airline onto a sustainable long term financial footing. If they don't all the BA jobs are at risk. All I can say is that from what I am hearing a very substantial number of strikers are rueing the day they decided to strike and even more the day thay decided to join BASSA. There is hope for us all!