Topic: Strike! BA announces dates...

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We had a narrow escape just before Christmas, the day after the last proposed BA staff strike we had to fly back from Singapore. Luckily for us that one was cancelled.

Lufthansa, with whom I have my next booked flights, are proposing strikes so it is not just BA and as you say if we had booked the package with the cruise line then that would have been their obligation to fly us.

I have to admit, though, that I enjoyed the excitement of not knowing and the possible rearrangement did not bother me too much, after all I was in Singapore, 28'C and the weather in Britain was -6'C when we arrived back. ......Neil

"I have to admit, though, that I enjoyed the excitement of not knowing..... Neil"

This depends on your personality, doesn't it - whether the prolonged adrenalin rush is exhilarating or brings on a nervous breakdown! We had a double experience of this during the prospect of the first BA strike (the one which didn't happen) in February. We were booked with BA independently to join a cruise in Barbados with very little time between the arrival time of the flight and the sailing time of the ship. BA then announced that the strike wouldn't be happening (at that time, anyway) only for the snow to cover the country and close half the airports. We decided not risk travelling from Wales to Gatwick on the same day as the flight out, managed with some difficulty to drive to and find a small hotel in the Gatwick area the night before - and then waited to see whether (a) the runway was open that morning and (b) BA would have its plane in the right place at the right time and take off on time. In the event it all went extraordinarily smoothly, and we caught our ship with a couple of hours to spare, but the anticipation, shall we say, was interesting! On the flight back the pilot announced that more snow was forecast, but he hoped we would arrive before the runway was closed again - which we did.

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Hi
I think you are having a laugh!!!
As i said to you in an earlier post "wake up + smell the coffee".
I was talking industrial relations + the protection of the worker against capital.
Wasn'T it the 3 wise + wealthy men who wrecked Rover.
Wasn'T it Thatcher who caused misery for millions of hard working men.
Mines/Shipyards/Steelworks all closed, you know the score.
Wasn't it Costa who ordered a new midships,then refused to take delivery/pay that put Cammel Lairds into bankruptcy.
And most of all isnt it the Bankers/Spivs that as now brought the country to its knees which it will take generations to fix.
Read the story of John Lewis (retailer) the other day + why its the best employer in the country + why he put it into worker ownership.
He said "I realised i was earning more in a year than all my workers put together + i realised this is not what Capitalism should be about,how can we have Millionaires + still have slums".
Sorry to be political,just couldnt resist it.End Of.
JC

Firstly JC, I suspect I've been smelling the coffee a little longer than you; and my preferred aroma is the 'cafe reality' blend. It's all well and good being selective when quoting dubious facts, a little disingenuous I'd say. The British motor Industry was wrecked well before the 'Phoenix Four' bought it from BMW. Some guy called 'Red Robbo' saw to that. You may also be surprised to know that I just happen to firsthand experience of Cammel Laird while 'standing by' a ship conversion there in the latter days of the Falklands War. I could write a book about the fall from grace of a once great shipbuilder. Meanwhile of course it is a matter of opinion on who brought the country to it's knees, I prefer the Gordon Brown borrowing extravaganza. We might even speculate that John Lewis' success is because it's employees are a little bit brighter and don't threaten strike action. They would appear to be sensible capitalists. I am political and therefore could not resist the response. That should be my last on this topic unless of course I'm goaded further.