British Airways - CC Industrial Relations Mk V
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By voting yes the city will start asking question about exactly who is running this airline and the fact that we are fighting for our future...
The perception that BASSA and Unite run the airline is undocumented, lies outwith Company Law and, I suspect, strikes a degree of nervousness in the City.
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Originally Posted by Flying_Chick
By voting yes the city will start asking question about exactly who is running this airline and the fact that we are fighting for our future...
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By voting yes the city will start asking question about exactly who is running this airline and the fact that we are fighting for our future
I have thought for a while now that many voters had little grasp of what they were actually voting for, you dont even seem to know what your Union says you are voting for, as twisted as their statements are "sending a message to the city" is a classic.
Have you looked at BA's share price recently by the way?
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In lieu of a reply from the poster, I think KitKat was alluding to the fact that if there is a 'Yes' vote, it means tha BA have a good chance of destroying BASSA and getting rid of militant CC once and for all, whilst maintaining a service through the use of volunteers to man aircraft.
I believe Kitkat knew exactly what they were saying i.e. they want to get rid of the militants and for BA to prosper. Some people believe that a Yes vote will help this along.
In lieu of a reply from the poster, I think KitKat was alluding to the fact that if there is a 'Yes' vote, it means tha BA have a good chance of destroying BASSA and getting rid of militant CC once and for all, whilst maintaining a service through the use of volunteers to man aircraft.
I believe Kitkat knew exactly what they were saying i.e. they want to get rid of the militants and for BA to prosper. Some people believe that a Yes vote will help this along.
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we are simply the best
Some BA cabin crew are indeed the best, some are quite frankly bloody terrible. Overall you come out somewhat average in my experience, which I am sad to say actually - it's a shame, I'm British and would quite like my national carrier to be the best.
Do you fly BA, as a passanger, and with your rivals regularly, I do....
I have been on some flights, BA and others, when I would have been better off with no crew and a vending machine frankly.
A better approach to all this agro would have been to raise your game lots, raise your employers revenue then go in saying "look what we did" - Then argue for changes to T's&C's...
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So, even from your friends at the Guardian;
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I can think of a fairly decent chunk of staff that BA and it's passengers would gladly 'lose' to be honest.
The angry CSD who says he/she earns more money through their sideline in the potato world would be good start...
We can feel reassured that senior executives at BA would not approve such action if they felt for a moment that passenger safety was at risk,
Walsh may hold onto customers, but if the reaction to this crisis is badly handled, he may face losing his staff instead.
The angry CSD who says he/she earns more money through their sideline in the potato world would be good start...
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It does concern me somewhat that you hear some CC say that they deserve such generous salaries and T & Cs because they're better than everyone else. You aren't, you really aren't. I like BA, but some people really need a reality check on this.
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It does concern me somewhat that you hear some CC say that they deserve such generous salaries and T & Cs because they're better than everyone else. You aren't, you really aren't. I like BA, but some people really need a reality check on this.
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In lieu of a reply from the poster, I think KitKat was alluding to the fact that if there is a 'Yes' vote, it means tha BA have a good chance of destroying BASSA and getting rid of militant CC once and for all, whilst maintaining a service through the use of volunteers to man aircraft.
I believe Kitkat knew exactly what they were saying i.e. they want to get rid of the militants and for BA to prosper. Some people believe that a Yes vote will help this along.
In lieu of a reply from the poster, I think KitKat was alluding to the fact that if there is a 'Yes' vote, it means tha BA have a good chance of destroying BASSA and getting rid of militant CC once and for all, whilst maintaining a service through the use of volunteers to man aircraft.
I believe Kitkat knew exactly what they were saying i.e. they want to get rid of the militants and for BA to prosper. Some people believe that a Yes vote will help this along.
Meanwhile, as I noted earlier:
It seems to me that many customers have commented here, and elsewhere, about declining standards of service on BA. On the premise that the dire emergencies so often referred to hardly ever happen [I have never, ever seen even a minor one], there are a couple of simple questions I would pose:
- Leaving aside emergencies, why are the standards of service to passengers perceived to be falling?
- Why is it necessary to over-crew the aircraft beyond the legislative safety requirement if not to provide better service?
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By voting yes the city will start asking question about exactly who is running this airline and the fact that we are fighting for our future...
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Flying Chick,
You are so correct, the tiny imposition made by BA to your amazingly generous T & C's is becoming very boring to everyone.
If the expected strike was about something serious there would be more support from other airline workers and the general public. We all know what the root of the problem really is.,NF.
You are so correct, the tiny imposition made by BA to your amazingly generous T & C's is becoming very boring to everyone.
If the expected strike was about something serious there would be more support from other airline workers and the general public. We all know what the root of the problem really is.,NF.
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BASSA wants crewing levels to go back to as they were before because it is not safe or healthy.
Has BASSA ever during this dispute suggested that LGW should get more crew on their aircraft?
Has BASSA ever during this dispute suggested that LGW should get more crew on their aircraft?
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Flying chick's 'Gruadian' article
Yet, as an employer, BA has a responsibility to its staff. People are, and should be, at the heart of any organisation. The success of a business is heavily dependent on staff happiness, morale and job satisfaction.
Supporting BA employees through all this turmoil has to be a priority for Walsh and his management team.
Supporting BA employees through all this turmoil has to be a priority for Walsh and his management team.
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I can't help but laugh at following statement given by UNITE.
It is a sad indictment when the leadership team of our company is determined to drive basic rights backwards to the 19th century rather than their staff forward into a brighter 21st century future.
That's rich coming from a union still living in the '70s - maybe they should also drive forward into a brighter 21st century.
It is a sad indictment when the leadership team of our company is determined to drive basic rights backwards to the 19th century rather than their staff forward into a brighter 21st century future.
That's rich coming from a union still living in the '70s - maybe they should also drive forward into a brighter 21st century.
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Is it just me, or does that photo caption appear to be overtly disingenuous?
A flying shame for British Airways | Guardian careers | guardian.co.uk
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A flying shame for British Airways | Guardian careers | guardian.co.uk
A pilot being trained on a British Airways flight training simulator. The airline claims it could get pilots meeting safety standards within five days.
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By the way, is this the anti-BA, scathing article on the whole question of using other staff that we had been told was on the way in the Guardian? Bit of a letdown really isn't it?
