BA cabin crew strike – day two update
21st March 2010
What's really happening during the BA strike. Today, by
15:30:
- 140 planes now parked up at Heathrow;
- Only nine crew turned up for work today out of
1,100. Company claims that over 1,000 have reported for work
are a distortion. This includes those who are flying back to
the UK from a trip which took them out of country before the
strike;
- Early reports suggest a strike-breaking volunteer crew has
broken an exit. They are said to have "blown a slide" i.e.
broken the function needed when the doors go from automatic to
manual on landing. This means that the emergency services
need to attend to make the plane fit to fly;
- Only nine Heathrow flights have gone with passengers
including:
Prague (3 club; 25 economy)
Paris (12 economy)
Frankfurt (5 club, 59 economy - the plane takes 300)
Amsterdam (2 club, 18 in economy - the plane takes 230)
Entebee (7 passengers out of 189)
Dubai (2 flights scheduled but too few passengers so only one
flight)
Miami (74 passengers out of 337)
- Most BA long haul flights are "ghost flights". By midday,
49 flights out from LHR were empty. No passengers;
- Most flights flying with CAA minimum crew only i.e 4 crew
members short
- Crew turn out at Bedfont FC and on the picket lines in even
greater numbers than yesterday;
- All long haul flights suffering delays as BA wait for crew -
any crew - to turn up.
ENDS
