The British Airways on Wednesday said
that it planned to run a full schedule on Christmas Day and Boxing
Day despite proposed industrial action by Unite (British and
Ireland’s biggest trade union).
This was contained in a statement
issued by Nosakhare Emma-Iyamu of QuadrantMSL GROUP that anchors the
airline’s media activities,
The statement quoted Alex Cruz, British
Airways CEO and chairman, as saying: “We are making sure that this
attempt to ruin Christmas for thousands of our customers will fail.
“Over the weekend, we had been
working on detailed contingency plans to ensure that we are able to
operate our normal flight programmes from all our airports on both
Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
“We urge Unite to abandon this strike
call, which is serving only to cause anxiety among our mixed fleet
cabin crew colleagues.
“Our mixed fleet crew do a tremendous
job for our customers. They earn a competitive salary package, with
all crew working full-time receiving a minimum of £21,000 a year.
“We are seeking to improve this
package and we encourage Unite to start a positive dialogue with us
about our proposals.
“We will continue to seek a
non-disruptive solution to issues of concern to our mixed fleet
colleagues.
“That is why we initiated the talks
at the conciliation service today,’’ the statement said.
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