High Court Saves British Airways Passengers from Official Strike
About 1 million Christmases were saved for British Airways passengers on Thursday when the high court ruled that the cabin crew’s planned 12-day strike was unlawful. Mrs Justice Cox said that a strike like this over the holiday season is fundamentally more damaging to the airline and wider public than a strike held during nearly any other time of the year. The decision to block the strike means that the some 910,000 passengers booked to fly with British Airways between December 22 and January 2 won’t be disrupted, or so it would seem.
Although union sources said they didn’t expect wildcat walkouts from cabin crew in support of the strike, Unite general secretaries Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson said that the court ruling was disgraceful, adding that the dispute was not settled. A good amount of the carrier’s workers were furious after the ruling was handed down and have vowed to unofficially take action against the company, which would mean bad news again for the airline’s passengers.
Another senior union source revealed that staff won’t accept a legal technicality as reason enough to end the strike, adding that unofficial action has been used before and will be used again. Reports have been circulating that some of the angry staff will simply call in sick instead of show up for work. Others that do plan to show up also plan to go about their duties slowly in order to cause even more frustration.
There’s not really much of a back up plan that British Airways can make for the unknown amount of people that just don’t show up for work. This will undoubtedly cause chaos among flights being delayed and canceled next week before Christmas as passengers travel to be with their families. Maybe the company should just fire whoever doesn’t show up - they were planning more staff cuts anyway.
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nice one BA way to go