Yup. We're off on yet another BA Strike, and yes, it's on the weekend has half-term ends in the United Kingdom, and no there's very little progress - even Tony Woodley (Head of Unite) has decided to dissaper off on holiday to Cypress (Not on British Airways as you can guess)Daily Mail has the feed on this one,  but BA are operating flights, check www.ba.com/strikes for the … [Read more...]

Well, in not entirely unexpected news, British Airways has made it's announcement for it's full year, and it not good.Whilst not on Air France-KLM's level, it's still a hefty dent of £531 million. Losses for BA were blamed on lower passenger numbers, increased costs and strike action.Whilst revenues were down £1 billion on the previous year, there have been cost … [Read more...]

So the BA Strikes are now ruled legal, and we're looking at the next round starting Monday.Of course BA is disappointed, whilst Union members were singing "We are the Champions". Classy eh?However Unite were quick to quote:"This is not a moment for being triumphant. We shouldn't have been in this process. The case brought by BA was trivial and, in my opinion, … [Read more...]

So British Airways and UNITE reach the "end" of another tussle, with BA winning on a technicalityThe judge agreed with British Airways on a technicality of the ballot if Unite followed rules in contacting its members with strike result details.Lets get onto the quotes. BA Say.... "We are delighted for our customers that Unite's plans for extreme and unjustified strike action … [Read more...]

Am I having flashbacks to December again? Probably, as British Airways has gone back to court to stop the 20 day strike that is due to commence on Tuesday.Lets have the spin from BA.... "The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 requires unions to send everyone eligible to vote details of the exact breakdown of the ballot result."  "We do … [Read more...]

Well, here we go again. UNITE and British Airways are off to strike. The strike dates are listed below, but for completion: 18 May - 22 May24 May - 28 May30 May - 03 June05 June - 09 JuneThis is going to hit the World Cup, and Half term holidays. Nice work UNITE. Thinking of the people. Tony Woodley said "There can be no industrial peace without meaningful negotiations and … [Read more...]

Some test flights have been carried out by Austrian, British Airways, KLM  and Lufthansa to see if the cloud is damaging, with encouraging results, however these tests have been done through gaps which aren't that sensitive to discovery with aircraft instruments. As a result, there are calls to reassess the flight-ban to be lifted (with the ban still in place until … [Read more...]