Hi all, well you will know from my previous messages that I am in fact on the Cabin Crews side. Yes, I do think that a Cabin Crew strike is not a good idea but the cabin crew are just trying to mintain the standards of what was the best and most secure and safe airline in the World.
The most strange thing is that Unite and the cabin crew were very happy to talk more about what Mr Walsh proposes to do. But He took all off he table as soon as the dates of a strike were anonced. The crew said they were happy to negotiate but he said NO.
I know after what Mr Walsh has said that many of you think that the cabin crew are over paid. I can assure you I have inside knowledge that they are not. Yes if they do a flight to Japan they get good alowances as the cost of eating in Japan is very high.
If they do a flight to Lagos the alowances are about £15.00
So I know that on many of the routes they just have enough to live on. I have said this before but it is very important. Yes the crew do serve food and drinks most of the time but their training which is ongoing yearly ensures that they can look after you if your ill and thet can handle any emergency with no problems , just remember the Boeinmg 777 crash at Heathrow recently when the crew evacuated the aircraft in 90 seconds. They deaserve all they earn. All the passengers were safe. Now, I know that BA have said that the people who have voluntered to fly as crew during the strike have been trained BA say. But there is no way they have the experience or training the normal crew get. I assure you, I will not fly on BA durimg the strike. God help them if they have to evacuate!
I personaly believe (and this is just my view) that Mr Walsh is bent on destroying British Airways. What he is planning smacks of BA becoming another EasyJet or Ryan Air, well they are probably paying him!!!
Oh well, it will sort itself out and in the meantime you can fly in first class safety with me!!!

Regards

Laurence Finestone