Unite are the idiots running the asylum

BA strike update: You have to ask are the idiots running the asylum at Unite.

Unite should get back round the table and seriously consider accepting the BA OFFER, before they the Cabin crew have no jobs to go back too.

Unite have said there will be no strikes over the easter period.

The cabin crew union which has no public support, has now warned there could be more strikes to come, has pledged to raise £700,000 from the union’s branches to support the POOR BA cabin crew.

It can’t be good news for Unite to have to do this…

The funds raised, will be in addition to the money the union is paying the crew in strike pay and will be raised by a compulsory 2% levy on Unite’s branches for the next three months.

Joint general secretary Tony Woodley said: “This is an unprecedented move and it shows that Unite is absolutely determined to give our members all the support they deserve in winning this battle against the BA bullies.

Grow up Tony, this is the 21st Century the days of Union power have long gone.. If BA decide to pull the plug your members will have no jobs to go back to.

“We continue to search for a decent settlement in this dispute but cabin crew are not going to be driven back to work for lack of resources.”

BA said the three days of strikes by cabin crew union Unite costs £5.5 million a day, compared to £7 million a day for the first three days.

It also claimed it operated 308 longhaul flights or 83% of its programme, compared to 273 flights or 78% last weekend.

In shorthaul, it operated 623 flights or 67% compared to 442 or 50% the previous weekend.

Total passenger flights increased 30% from 715 to 931, and load factors were 75% in longhaul and 64% in shorthaul.

BA leased 11 aircraft and crew from other airlines, at a cost of £495,000 compared to 22 the previous weekend. It operated 100% of its normal schedule at Gatwick.

The airline stressed that the impact of the strikes would not affect its earning expectations for the financial year ending on March 31