Showing posts with label pilots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pilots. Show all posts
Monday, 28 April 2008
Sunday, 6 April 2008
"Normal" Service II
I see that "normal" service at Heathrow Terminal 5 in fact means further lost baggage and cancelled flights.
Will this terminal ever work as we were told it would?
Willie Walsh has said "Blame me"; fair enough, but as yet he refuses to resign.
Given that the problems are persisting and that the fault for this lies full square at the feet of BA, which tried to save money by not training enough baggage operatives, why has Walsh not been forced to resign?
Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa), is quoted in The Times:
"Banks, institutional investors and analysts need to wake up to the fact that there is something very wrong right at the heart of this company that is making our great brand a laughing stock . . . we want confidence in our leadership, not arrogance."
Balpa will urge top shareholders this week to force a change in management, in the wake of the Terminal Five fiasco.
Were that to succeed, we can be sure that Walsh et al will receive some very handsome payoffs.
Will this terminal ever work as we were told it would?
Willie Walsh has said "Blame me"; fair enough, but as yet he refuses to resign.
Given that the problems are persisting and that the fault for this lies full square at the feet of BA, which tried to save money by not training enough baggage operatives, why has Walsh not been forced to resign?
Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa), is quoted in The Times:
"Banks, institutional investors and analysts need to wake up to the fact that there is something very wrong right at the heart of this company that is making our great brand a laughing stock . . . we want confidence in our leadership, not arrogance."
Balpa will urge top shareholders this week to force a change in management, in the wake of the Terminal Five fiasco.
Were that to succeed, we can be sure that Walsh et al will receive some very handsome payoffs.
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
BA Pilots' Strike Update
Good news for those of you flying with BA this Easter. The threatened pilots' strike has been called off, for Easter at any rate.
However, the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said that it was still in dispute over employment plans for a newly-formed transatlantic subsidiary.
Source BBC
However, the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said that it was still in dispute over employment plans for a newly-formed transatlantic subsidiary.
Source BBC
Monday, 10 March 2008
BA Pilots' Strike Update
Talks to avert a strike by pilots, angered by British Airways' employment plans for a newly-formed transatlantic subsidiary, have broken down.
Source BBC
BA will apply for a High Court injunction to stop the strike, which may well begin this week.
Source BBC
BA will apply for a High Court injunction to stop the strike, which may well begin this week.
Monday, 25 February 2008
Pilots' Strike
The latest news on the possible BA pilots' strike over Easter, 86% of pilots voted in favour, is that both BA and the pilots have agreed to take their respective cases to mediation.
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