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British Airways striker sacked after 'he threatened to poison pilot' in YouTube rant
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:21 AM on 5th May 2011
A British Airways employee was sacked after he threatened to poison a strike-breaking pilot's food, an employment tribunal heard.
Bryan Benning also allegedly posted abusive messages about other BA strike-breakers on YouTube, including sinister threats saying he knew 'car and other details of scabs.'
He allegedly said that strike-breakers were hated by cabin crew, who thought pilots were just 'glorified bus drivers'.
The employment tribunal panel heard how senior BA officials traced the YouTube messages about last years's strike back to Mr Benning. They intercepted him as he was about to board a flight and later sacked him.
Father-of-two Mr Benning, who was based at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, is suing British Airways for unfair dismissal. He told the tribunal that the strike-breaker YouTube messages were not posted by him but by his brother.
The panel was told that Mr Benning, writing under the psuedonym 'Strike 2010', made comments aimed at strike-breaking cabin crew and staff.
Mr Benning, 43, was said to have posted the comments in response to another YouTube writer, called 'Ruthless Interloper' who was later identified as being a BA pilot.
One message is alleged to have said: 'All crew hate nigels - they are glorified bus drivers.
'Cabin crew want nothing to do with you anymore. Enjoy your nights in your chinos, polo shirt and eating your chicken wings. We have a whole number of scab's details, and car details.
'By the way, don't eat anything you are to be served on board. Bring your own food on board. We know everything, we have all your details.'
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Representing Mr Benning, Anya Palmer said that he was suffering from a debilitating bout of severe depression and was not acting in the best way during his disciplinary hearings.
'When someone is suffering with severe depression, they may not act in a way that would make sense to you or I,' she told the tribunal.
'He was advised by his doctor that he could not take part in the hearing and he could not answer questions over the phone. He was severely depressed, on pills and did not have a union representative.'
She also said that her client was provoked into posting messages because of what other people had said, including one blogger writing under the name 'Powerful Peanuts'.
A video, which was shown to the panel, showed Powerful Peanuts saying: 'Cabin crew you are paid £30,000 a year and all you do it open a packet of dry roasted nuts and walk up and down an aeroplane; you have no qualifications or skills.
'The women are only employed if they have a nice ass and male cabin crew members have those faces you want to punch - and I would love to - until it looks like a beef burger.
'You are glorified waiters and waitresses. The hardest part of your job is putting ice cubes into tiny glasses.'
Mr Benning, of Eastbourne, East Sussex, was said to have responded to this post by saying: 'You stupid tw*t.
'Go cut your head lice ridden hair and get a job. Do yourself favour and start wearing some deodorant.
'Like usual - a stupid fecking student who thinks he knows everything but infact knows **** all. Go die in a compost heap you piece of s***.
'Your day will come to you silly piece of s*** and who will stand up for you?
He allegedly added: 'You will die a SCAB. You will take that title to the grave. Everyday it will eat away at you. You deserve it. Oh - by the way, good riddance.'
The tribunal continues.
"..... suing British Airways for unfair dismissal. He told the tribunal that the strike-breaker YouTube messages were not posted by him but by his brother." Pull the other one! Why would J post such stuff?
"Representing Mr Benning, Anya Palmer said that he was suffering from a debilitating bout of severe depression and was not acting in the best way during his disciplinary hearings." Because he got caught, no doubt.
"Cabin crew want nothing to do with you anymore. Enjoy your nights in your chinos, polo shirt and eating your chicken wings." Feeling a bit insecure are we then, Bryan?
