Unite BA strike update day 16
Unite continues to receive reports on the impact of the strike including:
- On June 1st, only one BA flight took off between 1pm and 3pm at Heathrow, bound for Seattle. Normally, early afternoon is a peak travel time for BA.
- BA continues to try to persuade striking crew back to work with inducements. Crew who are on strike report being called at home by managers who offer plum trips, such as a trip to Narita, a much sought after trip which rarely comes up for crew. 23 crew are being rostered onto these flights, yet only 12 are needed. Crew suspect that the over-rostering is because BA has no intention of putting crew returning to work on these flights. They may show for work on the promise of a Narita trip but find they're sent to a different destination altogether.
- Some 130 volunteer pilots have "unvolunteered" (source: crewforum.co.uk).
- T5 is a ghost town as passengers either stay away or are put onto other carriers.
How much longer can they continue to believe this xxxx
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