BA Cabin Crew Strike

deletebeepbeepbeep

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Trains, Post Office etc one out all out, can we have a national week of strike?

Can't believe average wage of cabin crew is 16k, assumed it would be a lot better then that.

 

KingstonSeagull

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Trains, Post Office etc one out all out, can we have a national week of strike?

Can't believe average wage of cabin crew is 16k, assumed it would be a lot better then that.

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Who can live on 16k a year in this day and age! F### that for a game of toy soldiers, the amount of plebs I come across on planes....

 

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Arthritic Toe

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Apparently BA want the pilots to close the doors.

 

BBassic

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Trains, Post Office etc one out all out, can we have a national week of strike?

Can't believe average wage of cabin crew is 16k, assumed it would be a lot better then that.

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I'd imagine most cabin crew sign up for the chance to get paid to fly around the world. Money would be secondary for some of them.

 

deletebeepbeepbeep

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BBassic said:

I'd imagine most cabin crew sign up for the chance to get paid to fly around the world. Money would be secondary for some of them.

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Where do they live on off-days, a friends couch?

 

KingstonSeagull

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Where do they live on off-days, a friends couch?

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Their car according to an article I am reading...

 

ManOfSussex

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The dispute concerns about 4,000 staff who have joined the airline since 2010 on "Mixed Fleet" contracts, who do not feel they are paid enough. About 2,500 of them are Unite members.
Earnings were advertised between £21,000 and £25,000 but, in reality, start at just over £12,000 plus £3 an hour flying pay, Unite said.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38319538

 

Geestar

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Strikes are all the rage!

 

KingstonSeagull

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ManOfSussex said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38319538

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Still sh## for the amount of crap they deal with....

 

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BensGrandad

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That is a reasonable wage to be glorified waitresses and waiters

 

Brighton Mod

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Trains, Post Office etc one out all out, can we have a national week of strike?

Can't believe average wage of cabin crew is 16k, assumed it would be a lot better then that.

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Average implies there are some on less than this. BA staff are amongst the best paid in the business, more political gerrymandering, We were here a few years ago with BA.

 

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worthingseagull123

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Too long have the average worker had to do without.

Bring on the strikes. Maybe then government and big business will start to take notice.

 

BBassic

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Where do they live on off-days, a friends couch?

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It's possible to live on 16k a year. I did it for a few years when I was younger.

 

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Southy

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Why on earth would people earning a lowish wage strike knowing they were going to lose much needed wages if it was just 'political gerrymandering'. At least look into why they're doing it before slagging them off.


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Ernest

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Nov 8, 2003

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• Dec 14, 2016

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Sack them all, let the pilots serve the tea and cakes whilst it is on Autopilot , who needs stewards and stewardesses on a plane these days ? Bring on pilot less planes too before they get any big ideas either

 

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Springal

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Base salary is low for cabin crew but they earn a lot of add ons based on where / how they fly. That said the glory days of £50k+ have gone as quite rightly airlines are now having to compete with the Middle Eastern carriers. That said for working maybe 18-20 hours over 3 days and being put up in nice hotels with free food / room service etc is not a bad gig.

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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They fail to mention the expenses they claim which greatly enhances their pay.

 

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mothy

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deletebeepbeepbeep said:

Where do they live on off-days, a friends couch?

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The ones I know are normally to busy drinking, sniffing coke & getting banged to worry about homes

 

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bhanutz

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It's in the interest of customer safety...honest guv

 

KingstonSeagull

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mothy said:

The ones I know are normally to busy drinking, sniffing coke & getting banged to worry about homes

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Not a bad life....