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I find BA staff (cabin crew and others) to be very far up their own asses so the company does not have much sympathy from me, and I will never fly with them again following the last flight I had with them in 1994.
The people who lost their jobs were not directly employed by BA. Steve's (3raps) inside knowledge helps us understand more behind the reason why baggage handlers came out on strike.
I guess the link goes like this:
BA needs to reduce costs to be competitive with other airlines
It squeezes the profit margins on it's catering supplier (Gate Gourmet)
The catering supplier then has to cut it's costs so sacks 800 of it's employees
BA staff who are related or friendly with the dismissed Gourmet staff then come out on strike.
Thousands of BA customers are then left stranded, delayed and helpless and may not fly with BA again.
Are profit margins in the airline industry so tight that the cost of producing a meal can result in this? Maybe BA should look to cut it's costs elsewhere.
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