BA Cabin Crew Strike Threats (Merged)
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Oh well. Good news for all the travellers at Xmas, but is it good for BA - if as likely the strike is balloted again and goes ahead next year - whos going to be booking future flights until its all resolved? Not me. Or will the CC give up?
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It's in the world's media glad rag!
Good news for travellers.... and hopefully for the long-term interests of company and employees alike. Great name for this union huh? Unite? 
Oh my lord... a sensible and logical judgment from the High Court!
Happy Christmas everyone bm
Oh my lord... a sensible and logical judgment from the High Court!
Happy Christmas everyone bm
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Oh my lord... a sensible and logical judgment from the High Court!
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We must not forget this
The injunction is great news to so many people who can hopefully now travel as planned at Christmas, lets not forget though the cheers from Sandown and the utter contempt shown to the BA customers by the vast majority of CC and their union.
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Cheers!
Well all they have to do now is ensure that there are enough CC to man the aircraft, sort the baggage handlers dispute out and it will be back to square one again!!
I think the HC have actually done the CC a favour
GR
I think the HC have actually done the CC a favour
GR
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All in all,this whole sorry episode is reflecting very badly on Unite and BA cabin crew. I wonder what relations are like between crew and the other side of the flightdeck door.
I wouldn't be too impressed if our cabin crew were trying to take my employers to the wall.
I wouldn't be too impressed if our cabin crew were trying to take my employers to the wall.
Unite have shown their cynicism and contempt for the travelling public who pay their member's wages and achieved nothing other than showing their true colours. Great news but some SLF will still vote with their feet. I hope the BA CC realise the path they have been led down.
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Great news for almost everyone concerned - including quite a few who probably don't even realise it.
The CC have now been given a second chance - they've witnessed both the incompetence of BASSA and the ridiculous measures they are willing to take to try and achieve their goals.
If they should again vote YES for strike action then no-one can have any sympathy for them. Hopefully they have seen the error of their ways (i.e. allowing BASSA to represent them) and will vote accordingly next time.
The CC have now been given a second chance - they've witnessed both the incompetence of BASSA and the ridiculous measures they are willing to take to try and achieve their goals.
If they should again vote YES for strike action then no-one can have any sympathy for them. Hopefully they have seen the error of their ways (i.e. allowing BASSA to represent them) and will vote accordingly next time.
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I am glad that this nonsense has been stopped.
If I was in the companies shoes I would sue BASSA for reputational damage, many business simply wont use BA as a first choice anymore, the damage has been done already by this episode.
If I was in the companies shoes I would sue BASSA for reputational damage, many business simply wont use BA as a first choice anymore, the damage has been done already by this episode.
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If I was WW I would be hoping they continued with the illegal strike to give me an excuse to sack them and recruit new staff under sensible conditions. Rather than be thankful for what they have had over the years they would see the Company go down.
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Common sense prevails. I hope BA CC have a long hard think about where to go next. Mrs Justice Cox is their saviour from those neanderthal jobs worths trying to relive the 70's ! Time to move on guys..........................
Surely you're not serious? As has been pointed out, the injunction was granted as a point of law. BASSA mismanaged the ballot and people who had no entitlement to vote were allowed to do so. The "establishment" have nothing to do with the issue. There's nothing to stop BASSA re-balloting, and provided they do it properly and legally next time then a strike would be valid.
Scumbag......Oh boy, yet another example of the victim culture that seems prevalent amongst a significant number of BA's Cabin Crew.
We've had a several days now of Cabin Crew complaining nobody told them that they were voting for an all out strike, now they are complaining that the establishment is against them.
Todays ruling was quite straightforward - BASSA couldn't organise a strike ballot...and that's not my fault, that's not Willie Walsh's fault, it's not Gordon Brown's fault, it's BASSAs fault...live with it
We've had a several days now of Cabin Crew complaining nobody told them that they were voting for an all out strike, now they are complaining that the establishment is against them.
Todays ruling was quite straightforward - BASSA couldn't organise a strike ballot...and that's not my fault, that's not Willie Walsh's fault, it's not Gordon Brown's fault, it's BASSAs fault...live with it