It is being reported that the dinosaur union demanded a payrise of 10.7%!
If true, then the dinosaurs can expect little sympathy from customers or shareholders, and not a lot of sympathy from other employees of the company.
The 1970s are over, boys. It's a whole new world now. Get over it.
The dinosaurs need to sit down and thrash out a sensible compromise which gives the crews a payrise somewhere between the CPI and the now discredited and quite obsolete RPI. Losses incurred by Company as a result of today's strike will require to be removed from the pay pot.