I am reliably informed that it was no different before the Industrial Action
I can absolutely assure you it was skip.rat. I can't remember not meeting up.
Can you believe about 100 cabin crew joined them on their protest march to Waterside in March 2008 and then about 50 of us had a pub crawl afterwards.
BBC NEWS | Business | BA pilots march in airline row
I'll never forget one captain who became a vol during the cc dispute saying "if it happens to us it'll happen to you, it's imperative we stick together". Oh happy days!