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I do think its appauling and with Eurostar on about it as well its maximum disruption spoiling peoples chrismases. Did you see that shop that barred all BA staff?

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike
 

some faiths have had their celebrations not every one is a christian ole bean ;)

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its still spoiling christmases. Its obvious its aimed at this time of the year to do that . Nothing to correct me for old bean ;)

I would imagine a very large number of athiests celebrate christmas ;)

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it just so happens that that xmas and big bang day are on the 25 dec:)

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I'm giving presents or cash for family and close friends, not because I'm into the Christmas thing. But because I know I'll be getting something, so it would be churlish not to respond in kind.... I could truely give a gnats fart for the fairy story of a sprog in a manger, a jewish minx who got pregnant before she got married, a celestial event and 3 pimped up rich dudes on camels.... :rolleyes:

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A guy I work with (buddist) celibrates it to a point with his work colleges.

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c'mon - good one BA!

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Stick that up your joint chair, Simpson. :D

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike
 

is this some new smoking platform that i am unaware of;)

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Good news indeed. The union leader seemed pretty ****ed off that he was not going to be able to ruin 1000's of people's travel plans.
What a prat.

Glad to see the courts saw sense and kicked the unions butt.

One member of staff said this about the strike
So i wonder did the union tell there staff how long and when the strike would be . ????

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It could well be, they're clearly out of their minds on something. :D

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enter mother nature

Flights cancelled, trains delayed and roads closed - Britain wakes to transport chaos after heavy snow falls overnight

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0a1jVmiTK

Re: British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike
 

And isn't it heartening that there are no strikes to look forward to on top of all that.;)

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I don't think anybody looks forward to strikes.:erm:.. but it looks likely that there will be some.

IMHO it's another nail in the coffin for BA. Walsh and the rest of BA management could spend some of their energy on negotiating a settlement instead of prolonging the uncertaintly.

The clearly disgruntled work force remain disgruntled. They should be disgruntled with Unite too for allowing Walsh the opportunity to challenge the ballot result.

Where does it leave BA though? How many people are going to book BA in advance when they know that industrial action will happen.

Walsh is pinning all his hopes on a merger with Iberia. Once Iberia have a look at the books and see how deep the hole in the pension fund is they may well just walk away from the proposal. If they don't walk away it will be a marriage in which BA will be the weaker partner. BA will exist in name for a while in much the same way as Abbey National did but in reality it's a British institution that will be lost forever. :( Great victory eh:confused:

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and all it cost was democracy what a bargain .