How many crew are in ba?
of those, how many are in bassa?
of those how many did vote?
of those, how many voted for ia?
I don't know the exact figure but I think BA have around 12,000 cabin crew. Earlier this year, over 10,000 were in BASSA and an additional 1,000 were part of Amicus (CC89). Somewhere around 79% returned their vote and almost 81% voted for industrial action.
and regarding this ballot, ask your reps, to tell you how many are still in bassa? How many will vote yes this time???
In BASSA? Around 9700 members. Nobody can say how many will vote yes.
after you make your deductions, then you will realise that you are the minority. Not that i am bothered about numbers. I was in the crc every single day and we were all crew. No dogs, cats, children (for Christ's sake) and other people, that were not crew at all. (not to mention those who after their flight, changed into civvies and went to bedfont)
How do you know that everyone present in the CRC during the strike was crew? Because they wore wings on their jacket? VCC have been given wings.
Yes, pilots may wear balpa lanyards, but who sees them? They do not provoke anyone. A pilot can go to work unshaved or he can remove his tie in the flight deck. We cannot. We have to wear our uniform according to standards. And I have not seen any pilot with crew bag decorated like christmas tree, full of balpa tags and "vote yes" stickers, even during their disagreement reg open skies.
We are supposed to be a team and there should be same rule regarding lanyards. Either you should be allowed to wear your union's lanyard or not. This rule should be the same for every employee group in this company, regardless whether working at Waterside or at a call centre in the US.