IAG: BA restructuring may cost 12,000 jobs
Sadly, and I really hope I’m wrong, I don’t see it having any effect whatsoever. The government has no power under current legislation to do anything to sanction BA/ IAG beyond writing strongly worded letters. WW knows that. Further, the government has no interest in bringing forward legislation that would change the situation. The general public don’t and won’t care.
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There's no doubt the brand is taking another hammering and that is not down to the actions of the front line staff...
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Good point from Huw on the beeb this morning.
He asked WW to make any terms cuts temporary until market conditions improve and WW outright refused - making it clear that this is not about the pandemic.
Also he referenced the legacy fares for LCC wages (and service particularly in Europe these days). How sustainable will that be at legacy fares.
He asked WW to make any terms cuts temporary until market conditions improve and WW outright refused - making it clear that this is not about the pandemic.
Also he referenced the legacy fares for LCC wages (and service particularly in Europe these days). How sustainable will that be at legacy fares.
Not all BA fares are of a stratospheric,"legacy" nature, and OTOH I've certainly been stung by eye watering "legacy" style fares when travelling on a LCC....
............and WW outright refused
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How long will he be around to use it? People with hearts of stone rarely feel any joy in their lives, his unlimited travel rebate will mean little to him and nor will the money. We may not have a fraction of the wealth he has but I'm willing to bet we are a lot happier than he and those like him are. There are things in life no business sense nor money can buy, he looks ill to be frank about things, his face is not that of a man I'd like to be, regardless of what my bank account would look like.
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*cough cough* bonus payments not available to other staff who weren't even aware of them before negotiations ended...*cough
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If WW uses BA in future and is sitting in the "nice seat area", it could be interesting to watch as he gets cabin service. Whoops sorry sir as gets drink spilled over him. To be honest it would be very brave of him to fly BA from now on.
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Well I have flown short haul a few times out of LGW with BA and the fares were quite comparable the the Low Cost Carriers - even Long Haul BA fares dont seem to be that much out of kilter with the competition so I dont think his argument there has much meat.
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Interesting - it means that basically all staff at Aer Lingus are now on Zero Hours Contracts and that the contract changes are now permanent. Not sure the Unions in the UK would have gone along with that.
It may be a moot point ATM but an observation - Pre COVID BA was managing to make more than 1 Billion profit per annum despite these "legacy" costs ( which in the Cabin Crew arena were reducing anyway as the percentage of Cabin Crew on "legacy" contracts reduced).
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Sadly, negotiating doesn't seem to have done BALPA any good. In fact many would argue it's made things worse for pilots.
But i I will say, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of WW where he’s genuinely smiling
But as my father used to remark about the wealthy - " at least they can be miserable in comfort ".
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https://www-rte-ie.cdn.ampproject.or...e/amp/1147229/
The previous article posted here has been reneged on by RTE who seem to have realised their error, Aer Lingus have not reached agreement at all with the unions yet. Cabin crew are to be balloted and the pilots are still engaging in negotiations via IALPA who are adamant that any changes are to be temporary.
The previous article posted here has been reneged on by RTE who seem to have realised their error, Aer Lingus have not reached agreement at all with the unions yet. Cabin crew are to be balloted and the pilots are still engaging in negotiations via IALPA who are adamant that any changes are to be temporary.