Another holiday season, another BA strike
I wanted a rant at British Airways staff for going on strike again, but wasn't quite sure how it would fit in with the family oriented nature of this blog. BA have handed the answer on a plate, the strike is rumoured to be during half term holidays, just as families are jetting off for a quick break. This sticks with the norm of hitting holiday periods.
This is a deliberate ploy by the unions to cause as much disruption to as many people as possible, and mainly those with small children in tow who well then get upset in the airports when they don't get to go on holiday.
This course of action holds no place in a service oriented business. This sort of action has no place in any business.
The world's favourite strikersBA are totally reliable, another holiday season and we have another strike. Reliable for the wrong reasons, clearly. What the unions fail to recognise is that the constant striking damages the company's image and reputation. I have used BA a lot , mostly business though. I have only flown BA on leisure a couple of times, and then only on domestic flights to get another carrier's international flight. With the damage the unions have done and continue to do to the company, if there are other like-minded people out there who see this as a "don't use BA during holiday periods" warning, then they will succeed only in bringing the company down, either through bankruptcy or take-over. Either way, what security will the members have then?
Just to reiterate, I will not consider using BA as a carrier to get me on holiday for fear of being stranded. Oh, go check your insurance policy too, does it cover strike action?
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