What are your opinions on this? Do you think the people involved are being unfair? Do you think that the passengers are once again being used as pawns - especially after maybe having saved all year to be able to go on holiday?
I would like to make an informed decison but would like more opinions from other people - maybe with some insight behnid it all.
2007-01-25 00:10:29 · 7 answers · asked by The Dragon 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
This is what a Union will do to a company. They have rights through their Union and it doesnt take into affect the passengers that will be affected. THAT IS UNION! When contract negotiations dont go right, the only way to get your way is to organize a strike that will financially hurt the company. European Unions go on strike all the time. Ground Crew, Baggage Handlers, In Flight...the strike is to get their point across and unfortunately there will be hundreds of thousands of people affected, but its the nature of the industry.
How would you feel if your company started messing with your pay, benefits and hours you had to work?? And if you start to "fire" the unhappy ones, it would cause cancellations and delays anyway because you have to have a certain number of crew members to fly and they can only fly a certain amount of hours a day.
Unfortunately air travel is never guaranteed. The airline does not have to guarantee you will arrive at the destination as book at the time that was booked. Their only commitment is to get you to the destintation, doesnt have to be on time or with your luggage.
Yes lives will be affected, vacations will be ruined, but thats life. Its unfortunate that people will be put in a bad position and have to find alternate arrangements, but the upside is that BA did announce it in enough time for people to find other flights. Atleast it wasnt announced the day of the strike.
2007-01-25 06:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by southrntrnzplnt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Striking is a right we all have. If the shoe was on the other foot I'm sure you would feel differently. Northwest has done numerous strikes and it has not affected people too much. People will be rebooked onto another airline, probably with minimal delays. I don't know how the U.K. is but in the US there are so many union rules about striking and stuff, it's not like the cabin crews are doing it for fun. I don't know anything about this particular case, but I have followed other airline strikes and potential strikes. And I say potential because strikes becasue they threaten to happen a lot more often than they actually happen.
2007-01-25 03:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by apuleuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't got insight for you regarding this but the only way for the cabin crew to be recognised for what they are doing IS to use the customers as pawns. In any case BA works 24/7 so it would be hard to find a day when customers will not be affected.
Cabin crew didn't have to use the half term to strike. They are using the kids!!
2007-01-25 00:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Just me 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have not read what ba are trying to do with the work terms and conditions,and its easy to say if you dont like the job leave,its not that simple really is it,what if you have being paying pensions and stuff for a number of years into the company and also have shares.
Lets just say the company that you work for wish to bring in ...say weekend working (of which they have never done before) and you cannot do this becase of other commitments.Should you be forced to do it? no is the answer.
As the saying goes give them an ich and they will take a mile.
I dont agree with holding the general public to ransom but i`m sure this is the only way that ba will take notice.Hit any company in the pocket and they do take notice.
2007-01-25 00:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by neil p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it stinks. I am flying to New York between the strikes and am bound to get caught in the aftermath. Flying isn't cheap and as you said people could well have saved their well earned dosh for ages to go away.
I can see both sides of the story but am leaning on the side of BA as they have cut sick days from 22 to 12. Any company that wants to run a successful business needs to keep sick levels down, if I was sick for 22 days a year my employer would sack me - it's in their sick leave policy.
Not sure about the wages malarkey, haven't got enough info to comment.
Other airlines are now going to make a mint from the BA cancellations as they have already started putting their prices up -What were £300 ish returns from London to NY are now over £800, Dirty Thieving B*stards!
2007-01-25 00:24:01 · answer #5 · answered by S B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that they should all be sacked, its not the fault of the general public, but they are the ones who will have to suffer. if BA staff don't like working conditions, they should leave and get another job. I'm sure there will be no problem replacing them with someone who will do the job without winging on.
2007-01-25 00:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who strike should be fired on the spot. They have no concern for others. Actually i don't know what this is about, have not watched the news and read newspapers yet. Don't feel like it. Anyway as long as they don't go on strike on the 28th Feb i am flying to SA then. Please, please don't strike then, no bad weather then.:)
2007-01-25 00:19:27 · answer #7 · answered by Duisend-poot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋