Originally Posted by west lakes
Which is where one of the rubs stands, BA could not just sack all day 1 strikers and ignore any others, they must sack all strikers so as not fall foul of this clause.
On a single day, the actual number of "all strikers" is probably quite small. How many BA Cabin Crew work per day? Maybe between 1,000-2,000 LHR strike-voting crew of say 4,000 normally rostered (at both LHR and LGW/internationally) at a generous guesstimate. Would be interesting to get a more precise number for that, though.
Remember, it's not "all those who voted to strike" who would risk dismissal, just those who withdraw their labour on that day. And with the significant possibility of unprotected action, that number choosing to risk dismissal is likely to be less than it has been in past "protected" action.
Especially after Holley's ET tribunal judgement is made public around that time.
If we assume a generous "yes" vote of about 5,500 in the current ballot (assuming some double counting last time), and a historical tendency for less than half those to actually carry out their threat, it's actually quite a small number.
Certainly, given current overstaffing, part time flexibility, MF recruitment and VCC plus temps, as well as cover provided by leased aircraft/crews, I think the numbers lost would be manageable, though very regrettable on many levels, especially when you consider the large pool of experienced crew made redundant by airlines such as bmi who would be able to quickly re-train as BA crew if offered the opportunity to do so.