:: 18/03/2010 :: Airport Parking News
Thursday, 18th March 2010
British Airways has announced that passengers will be served cold food and given less legroom during the planned three-day cabin crew strike later this month. The move is an attempt to minimize cancellations when 12,000 staff walk out in disputes over job cuts and pay.
Rather than taking the planned 117 passengers on BA’s A319, a rented A321 will now squeeze 200 passengers into a single-aisle economy cabin. The company has vowed to fly at least 60 per cent of customers in the three days from March 20, even though it will only be running 43 per cent of its usual flights.
Vegetarian and children’s menus will also not be available during this period and all in-flight food will be served cold. Business class passengers may also be forced to fly economy, although they will be compensated at a later date.
The solution is a short-term fix in order to keep as many passengers as possible on route to their chosen destinations. The walk out comes after BA announced plans to axe cabin crew positions and implement pay freezes and cuts. The strike is expected to last just three days when not all flights scheduled during this period will be running.
