(My emphasis)

Point of order regarding the above - contrary to popular belief not all the pilots in BA are members of BALPA and it is possible of course that some BALPA members may have chosen to ignore union instructions.

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Well apologies if I got it wrong, but the general gist is that if a significant majority of pilots were instructed by their union not to report for work (or voted not to work and then received support to go on strike), then "management" was left with little option

Yes he did. He even went on to suggest that the figure will be over £200,000 when expenses and bonuses are taken into account.

What a guy!

That "gist" is certainly a more accurate summary than saying BALPA " instructed all the pilots to refuse to fly planes".

Whether the company had options or not is another matter.

Who could be operating BA flights today?
 

I note a few flights are still operating out of LHR. Would I be right to assume that management pilots are flying them?

Perhaps, but of course there are a number of Pilots not in the Union and possibly a few that are but have chosen to go to work anyway.

In any case, withdrawing your labour from your employer is an enormously difficult and personal decision. I know my position as a BALPA member (sat at home with a coffee and sky news) but if others feel differently then that's absolutely fine too. We're Professionals first and foremost and should continue to act accordingly, treating our colleagues with respect and courtesy regardless of their own decision today and going forward.

Our biggest weapon in any dispute with our employer will always be unity and respect for each other as a professional community is paramount to achieving that.

Yes!

Just been repeated! Brilliant.

Its now on Youtube....

Alex Cruz on Sky News

A couple of quick points.
1. No TU can "instruct" its members to do anything. They could only do that in the past when there were closed shops. Only the RMT tries to do that nowadays. BALPA asked its members what THEY wanted to do about BA. They replied more or less unanimously. The "Instructions" were from the members to the TU.

2. The word "average" is being misused. The BA pilot total fraternity have average pay of roughly £100k.

I wonder how busy the shops in Terminal 5 are? There is certainly much less "air noise" around the south-west of London this morning......

Mr "Would you buy a second hand car from this man" is paid approx £1.4m. 14 times what a pilot gets.

Er, if it is him, or 14 Nigels/Ruperts, then I would go for the 14. (What do the Navy call their pilots?)

As an aside, no parents are calling their children Nigel anymore. Where will BA get their pilots from?

Great thing about these strikes -ie BA and Ryanair is that it tends to stop the continual attack on COS everywhere against the sharp end of aviation ~ the Aircrew.
Post Mr O'Leary and his ignoramus comments we have "Shock Horror" that BA A380 Captains earn approx £200,000!! I say that's the minimum they deserve. Of course it sounds a lot if you add 11% to such a number but these pilots are at the top of the tree! What do people want them to earn?? Remember they are at the pinnacle of their careers and have earned their rank/position over decades of being tested and examined very 6 months of their Airline lives and have maintained an outstanding level of professional knowledge and performance.
Who else do we want in charge when the **it hits the fan??
Good on you Lads and Lassies. My daughter wants to be a pilot and you'll be doing her a great favour.
Thank You.

I won't wax lyrical in my appreciation for the stand the pilots of BA are making on behalf of all in this downtrodden profession. Many of us at lower profile airlines are facing the same fight with greedy executives. Suffice it to say if I encounter any BA crew down line the beers are absolutely on me. You have proven we can still stand strong. Thank you.

In that case i'll shut up and eat my hat.
Good luck

Apologies if this has already been posted. Anyone not turning up for their duty today has had their pay deducted for the entire trip (e.g. 5 - 6 day) not just the days of the strike. It has also been deducted at the credited hours for that trip even though the flight has been cancelled. Office workers would be penalised by one day of pay for each day they didn't work. BA pilots have been penalised by the whole cost of the trip at their full rate. Some have calculated that at this rate of deduction, they will have a negative pay check after missing two rostered trips on strike days.

Additionally, all have lost staff travel for 3 years, lost any company wide bonus for this year, lost any pilot only bonus for 2017-19 as negotiated two years ago, no access to overtime rate to pick up trips (this is probably fair enough), plus no chance to bid for a fleet change on long haul - for ever ! This punishment has been in the planning for several weeks as the emails were sent out within hours of a failed report. If anyone thinks this is not a predetermined program by BA to break BALPA and the pilots then they are being naïve.

So if anyone thinks it will be better to cave in now and accept the consequences, the above shows the aims of BA. Break the pilots and tear up any industrial agreements. I feel sorry for the guys with long careers ahead if this is allowed to happen.

FWIW the current southbound SIN/SYD BA 15 airframe doesn't get back into LHR until early'ish Wednesday AM, so that may well be the "tail end charlie"...